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FILENAMETOID3(1)      User Contributed Perl Documentation     FILENAMETOID3(1)

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

SEE ALSO

id3tofilename(1), MP3::Archive(3), MP3::Archive::Config(3), mp3-archive-tools(1), mp3lint(1)

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

Copyright 2003 Ian Beckwith <ianb@nessie.mcc.ac.uk> 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. perl v5.20.2 2003-12-12 FILENAMETOID3(1)

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