id3v2 - Man Page
Adds/Modifies/Removes/Views id3v2 tags, converts/lists id3v1 tags
Examples (TL;DR)
- List all genres:
id3v2 --list-genres - List all tags of specific files:
id3v2 --list-tags path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ... - Delete all
id3v2orid3v1tags of specific files:id3v2 --delete-v2|--delete-v1 path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ... - Display help:
id3v2 --help - Display version:
id3v2 --version
Synopsis
id3v2 [ OPTION ] [ FILE ]
Options
- -h, --help
Display help and exit
- -f, --list-frames
Display all possible frames for id3v2
- -L, --list-genres
Lists all id3v1 genres
- -v, --version
Display version information and exit
- -l, --list
Lists the tag(s) on the file(s)
- -R, --list-rfc822
Lists using an rfc822-style format for output
- -d, --delete-v2
Deletes id3v2 tags
- -s, --delete-v1
Deletes id3v1 tags
- -D, --delete-all
Deletes both id3v1 and id3v2 tags
- -C, --convert
Converts id3v1 tag to id3v2
- -a, --artist ARTIST
Set the artist information
- -A, --album ALBUM
Set the album title information
- -t, --song SONG
Set the song title information
- -c, --comment DESCRIPTION:COMMENT
Set the comment information
- -g, --genre num
Set the genre number
- -y, --year num
Set the year
- -T, --track num/num
Set the track number/(optional) total tracks
See Also
Author
id3v2 is by myers <myers_carpenter@users.sourceforge.net> with major portions used from id3lib examples. Manual page written for Debian GNU/Linux by Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org>.
Referenced By
id3convert(1), id3cp(1), id3info(1), id3tag(1).