tldr/pages/common/mp3info.md

mp3info

Viewer/editor for ID3v1 (but not ID3v2) tags of MP3 files. More information: https://www.ibiblio.org/mp3info/mp3info.html.

• Show all ID3v1 tags of a specific MP3 file:

mp3info {{path/to/file.mp3}}

• Edit ID3v1 tags [i]nteractively:

mp3info -i {{path/to/file.mp3}}

• Set values for ID3v1 tags in a specific MP3 file ([a]rtist, [t]itle, a[l]bum, [y]ear, and [c]omment):

mp3info -a "{{artist_name}}" -t "{{song_title}}" -l "{{album_title}}" -y {{year}} -c "{{comment_text}}" {{path/to/file.mp3}}

• Set the [n]umber of the track in the album for a specific MP3 file:

mp3info -n {{track_number}} {{path/to/file.mp3}}

• [G]et a list of valid genres and their numeric codes:

mp3info -G

• Set the music [g]enre for a specific MP3 file:

mp3info -g {{genre_number}} {{path/to/file.mp3}}