RE: [MLUG] batch editing ID3 tags - a good FOSS solution?

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Fallert, Adam Christian wrote:

> As I just edited about 3000 ID3 tags for use with my Roku Soundbridge 
> using mt-daap (now FireFly http://www.fireflymediaserver.org/) as the 
> music server, I found iTunes to be the best and quickest method, but 
> there is not a Linux version of iTunes as of yet. I also used Rhythmbox 
> (iTunes clone) in Gnome for the task.  Let's keep our fingers crossed 
> that Apple might actually release iTunes and QuickTime for Linux. I just 
> installed Linux on my Playstation 3 and I would love to be able to 
> download episodes to it and play them back on my TV.
>
> Good luck.  It is a tedious task.


I'm not sure if we're talking about the same thing.  I want something that 
allows me to something like this:

id3fixer --artist "The Beatles" *Beatles*/*.mp3

And that would change the "artist" tag to "The Beatles" (without the 
quotes) from whatever it was previously in every file matching the 
pattern.  In this example I'd want to do this for both ID3v1 and ID3v2 
tags.

It might also be possible to append something to a field instead of 
overwriting it, e.g., in a comment field.

The goal of batch editing is to reduce tedium.

Mike

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