NAME

filenametoid3 - set id3 metadata from filename

SYNOPSIS

filenametoid3 [-v] [-q] [-d] [-1] [-2] [-a] [-t] [-g] [-e] [-w] [-N] [-A] [-L] [-T] [-h] [file.mp3...]

DESCRIPTION

filenametoid3 parses given mp3 filenames and sets the id3 (v1 and v2) metadata.

If none of the -N/-A/-L/-T options are set, it defaults to updating all data.

For details on how to configure your style of filenames by configuring .mp3archiverc, see MP3::Archive::Config(3).

OPTIONS

-v: Verbose.
-q: Quiet (no output). This is the default.
-d: Dry run (just show what would be done).
-1: Write ID3V1 tag only
-2: Write ID3V2 tag only
-a: Treat files as album tracks.
-t: Treat files as non-album tracks.
-g: Guess whether to treat files as album tracks or not, based on the current directory of the file.
-e: Only set tags if they are empty, just whitespace, or not present.
-w: Wipe existing id3 tags.
-N: Only update the id3 tracknumber tags.
-A: Only update the id3 artist tags.
-L: Only update the id3 album tags.
-T: Only update the id3 track (song title) tags.
-h: Show a short help message.

BUGS

None known. Please report any found to ianb@nessie.mcc.ac.uk

AUTHOR

Ian Beckwith <ianb@nessie.mcc.ac.uk>

AVAILABILITY

filenametoid3 is part of the mp3-archive-tools package.

The latest version can be found at:

http://nessie.mcc.ac.uk/~ianb/projects/mp3-archive-tools/

COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.