1mid3v2(1)                   General Commands Manual                  mid3v2(1)
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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       -f, --list-frames
22              Display all supported ID3v2.3/2.4 frames and their meanings.
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24       -L, --list-genres
25              List  all  ID3v1  numeric  genres. These can be used to set TCON
26              frames, but it is not recommended.
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28       -l, --list
29              List all tags in the files. The output format is not the same as
30              id3v2's;  instead, it is easily parsable and readable. Some tags
31              may not have human-readable representations.
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33       --list-raw
34              List all tags in the files, in raw format. Although this  format
35              is nominally human-readable, it may be very long if the tag con‐
36              tains embedded binary data.
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38       -d, --delete-v2
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41       -s, --delete-v1
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44       -D, --delete-all
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47       --delete-frames=FID1,FID2,...
48              Delete specific ID3v2 frames (or  groups  of  frames)  from  the
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51       -C, --convert
52              Convert ID3v1 tags to ID3v2 tags. This will also happen automat‐
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55       -a, --artist=artist
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58       -A, --album=album
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61       -t, --song=title
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64       -c, --comment=DESCRIPTION:COMMENT:LANGUAGE
65              Set a comment (COMM). The language and description may be  omit‐
66              ted,  in  which  case  the language defaults to English, and the
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69       -g, --genre=genre
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72       -y, --year=, --date=YYYY-[MM-DD]
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75       -Tnum/num, --track=num/num
76              Set the track number (TRCK).
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78       Any text or URL frame (those beginning with T or W) can be modified  or
79       added by prefixing the name of the frame with "--". For example, --TIT3
80       "Monkey!" will set the TIT3 (subtitle) frame to Monkey!.
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BUGS

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

89       Joe Wreschnig is the author of mid3v2, but he doesn't like to admit it.
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93                                July 27th, 2006                      mid3v2(1)