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NAME

6       mid3v2 - audio tag editor similar to 'id3v2'
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SYNOPSIS

9       mid3v2 [options] filename ...
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DESCRIPTION

12       mid3v2  is  a Mutagen-based replacement for id3lib's id3v2. It supports
13       ID3v2.4 and more frames; it also does not have the numerous  bugs  that
14       plague id3v2.
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16       This program exists mostly for compatibility with programs that want to
17       tag files using id3v2. For a more usable  interface,  we  recommend  Ex
18       Falso.
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OPTIONS

21       -q, --quiet
22              Be quiet: do not mention file operations that perform the user's
23              request.  Warnings will still be printed.
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25       -v, --verbose
26              Be verbose: state all operations performed. This is the opposite
27              of --quiet. This is the default.
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29       -f, --list-frames
30              Display all supported ID3v2.3/2.4 frames and their meanings.
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32       -L, --list-genres
33              List  all  ID3v1  numeric  genres. These can be used to set TCON
34              frames, but it is not recommended.
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36       -l, --list
37              List all tags in the files. The output format is not the same as
38              id3v2's;  instead, it is easily parsable and readable. Some tags
39              may not have human-readable representations.
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41       --list-raw
42              List all tags in the files, in raw format. Although this  format
43              is nominally human-readable, it may be very long if the tag con‐
44              tains embedded binary data.
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46       -d, --delete-v2
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49       -s, --delete-v1
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52       -D, --delete-all
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55       --delete-frames=FID1,FID2,...
56              Delete specific ID3v2 frames (or  groups  of  frames)  from  the
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59       -C, --convert
60              Convert ID3v1 tags to ID3v2 tags. This will also happen automat‐
61              ically during any editing.
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63       -a, --artist=artist
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72       -c, --comment=DESCRIPTION:COMMENT:LANGUAGE
73              Set a comment (COMM). The language and description may be  omit‐
74              ted,  in  which  case  the language defaults to English, and the
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77       -g, --genre=genre
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80       -y, --year=, --date=YYYY-[MM-DD]
81              Set the year/date information (TDRC).
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83       -Tnum/num, --track=num/num
84              Set the track number (TRCK).
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86       Any text or URL frame (those beginning with T or W) can be modified  or
87       added by prefixing the name of the frame with "--". For example, --TIT3
88       "Monkey!" will set the TIT3 (subtitle) frame to Monkey!.
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BUGS

91       No sanity checking is done on the editing operations  you  perform,  so
92       mid3v2  will  happily accept --TSIZ when editing an ID3v2.4 frame. How‐
93       ever, it will also automatically throw it  out  during  the  next  edit
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AUTHOR

97       Joe Wreschnig is the author of mid3v2, but he doesn't like to admit it.
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101                              December 12th, 2009                    mid3v2(1)