eyeD3 is a Python module and program for processing ID3 tags. Information about mp3 files (i.e bit rate, sample frequency, play time, etc.) is also provided. The formats supported are ID3 v1.0/v1.1 and v2.3/v2.4.
The current stable version is 0.6.3. It and earlier versions are available here.
See the NEWS and/or ChangeLog for changes.
gzip -dc eyeD3-0.6.3.tar.gz | tar xvf -
cd eyeD3-0.6.3
./configure
make
make install (as root)
rpm -Uvh ./eyeD3-0.6.3-1.noarch.rpm
emerge eyeD3
See here for more info.
Usage
=====
eyeD3 [OPTS] file [file...]
options
=======
--version show program's version number and exit
-h, --help show this help message and exit
Tag Versions
------------
-1, --v1 Only read/write ID3 v1.x tags. By default, v1.x tags are
only read if there is not a v2.x tag.
-2, --v2 Only read/write ID3 v2.x tags.
--to-v1.1 Convert the file's tag to ID3 v1.1. (Or 1.0 if there is
no track number.)
--to-v2.3 Convert the file's tag to ID3 v2.3
--to-v2.4 Convert the file's tag to ID3 v2.4
Tag Data
--------
-a STRING, --artist=STRING
Set artist
-A STRING, --album=STRING
Set album
-t STRING, --title=STRING
Set title
-n NUM, --track=NUM
Set track number
-N NUM, --track-total=NUM
Set total number of tracks
-G GENRE, --genre=GENRE
Set genre. The argument is a valid genre string or
number. See --list-genres
-Y STRING, --year=STRING
Set a four digit year.
--comment=[LANGUAGE]:[DESCRIPTION]:COMMENT
Set comment
--remove-comments Remove all comment frames.
--add-image=IMG_PATH:TYPE[:DESCRIPTION]
Add an image to the tag. The description and type
optional, but when used, both ':' delimiters must be
present. The type MUST be an string that corresponds to
one given with --list-image-types.
-i, --write-images Causes all attached images (APIC frames) to be written
to the current directory.
--set-text-frame=FID:TEXT
Set the value of a text frame. To remove the frame,
specify an empty value. e.g., --set-text-frame="TDRC:"
--set-user-text-frame=DESC:TEXT
Set the value of a user text frame (i.e., TXXX). To
remove the frame, specify an empty value. e.g., --set-
user-text-frame="SomeDesc:"
--set-encoding=latin1|utf8|utf16-BE|utf16-LE
Set the encoding that is used for _all_ text frames.
This only takes affect when the tag is updated as the
result of a frame value being set with another option
(e.g., --artist=) or --force-update is present.
--remove-v1 Remove ID3 v1.x tag.
--remove-v2 Remove ID3 v2.x tag.
--remove-all Remove both ID3 v1.x and v2.x tags.
Misc. Options
-------------
--rename=NAME Rename file (the extension is not affected) based on
data in the tag using substitution variables: %A
(artist), %a (album), %t (title), %n (track number), and
%N (total number of tracks)
-l, --list-genres Display the table of ID3 genres and exit
--list-image-types List all possible image types
--strict Fail for tags that violate the ID3 specification.
--jep-118 Output the tag per the format described in JEP-0118. See
http://www.jabber.org/jeps/jep-0118.html
--force-update Update the tag regardless of whether any frames are set
with new values.
--no-color Disable color output
-v, --verbose Show all available information
--debug Trace program execution.
Some simple programming examples follow here, excluding any error handling, of course :)
Reading the contents of an mp3 file containing either v1 or v2 tag info:
import eyeD3;
tag = eyeD3.Tag();
tag.link("/some/file.mp3");
print tag.getArtist();
print tag.getAlbum();
print tag.getTitle();
Read an mp3 file (track length, bitrate, etc.) and access it's tag:
if eyeD3.isMp3File(f):
audioFile = eyeD3.Mp3AudioFile(f, self.opts.tagVersion);
tag = audioFile.getTag();
Specific tag versions can be selected:
tag.link("/some/file.mp3", eyeD3.ID3_V2);
tag.link("/some/file.mp3", eyeD3.ID3_V1);
tag.link("/some/file.mp3", eyeD3.ID3_ANY); # The default.
Or you can iterate over the raw frames:
tag = eyeD3.Tag();
tag.link("/some/file.mp3");
for frame in tag.frames:
print frame;
Once a tag is linked to a file it can be modified and saved:
tag.setArtist(u"Cro-Mags");
tag.setAlbulm(u"Age of Quarrel");
tag.update();
If the tag linked in was v2 and you'd like to save it as v1:
tag.update(eyeD3.ID3_V1_1);
Read in a tag and remove it from the file:
tag.link("/some/file.mp3");
tag.remove();
See the TODO file for possible enhancements.
See the THANKS file for a list people who have contributed to eyeD3.