ID3 Tags

Introduction
This page contains information on correctly tagging MP3 music files in Linux.

id3v2
This software Adds/Modifies/Removes/Views id3v2 tags, modifies/converts/lists id3v1 tags.

$ id3v2 --help Usage: id3v2 [OPTION]... [FILE]... -h, --help               Display this help and exit -f, --list-frames        Display all possible frames for id3v2 -L, --list-genres        Lists all id3v1 genres -v, --version            Display version information and exit -l, --list               Lists the tag(s) on the file(s) -R, --list-rfc822        Lists using an rfc822-style format for output -d, --delete-v2          Deletes id3v2 tags -s, --delete-v1          Deletes id3v1 tags -D, --delete-all         Deletes both id3v1 and id3v2 tags -C, --convert            Converts id3v1 tag to id3v2 -1, --id3v1-only         Writes only id3v1 tag -2, --id3v2-only         Writes only id3v2 tag -a, --artist  "ARTIST"   Set the artist information -A, --album   "ALBUM"    Set the album title information -t, --song    "SONG"     Set the song title information -c, --comment "DESCRIPTION":"COMMENT":"LANGUAGE" Set the comment information (both                            description and language optional) -g, --genre   num        Set the genre number -y, --year    num        Set the year -T, --track   num/num    Set the track number/(optional) total tracks

Change to the directory where your MP3 album is located...

$ cd /path/to/album

Delete all the existing ID3 tags...

$ id3v2 --delete-all *.mp3

Set all the tags which are the same for the whole album...

$ id3v2 --artist "Led Zeppelin" --album "Led Zeppelin II" --year "1969" --genre "Rock" *.mp3

$ id3v2 --track "1" --song "Whole Lotta Love" 01\ Led\ Zeppelin\ -\ Whole\ Lotta\ Love.mp3 $ id3v2 --list *.mp3