Any ubuntu tool to edit tag in mp3 files in group
Solution 1
EasyTAG
Actually with EasyTAG you do not need to set (example) the Album name file by file in the same directory.
You can try this:
- Open the EasyTAG and navigate to the folder you want.
- Select all the files with Ctrl+A.
- Write the Album Name.
- Click in the checkbox to apply the same Album name to all the selected files.
- Save the changes to all the selected files.
id3tool
Another option could be id3tool
id3tool is a command line utility for easy manipulation of the ID3 tags present in MPEG Layer 3 audio files.
id3tool is a fully GPL'd program. Warm-fuzzy's are 100% optional.
To install it.
sudo apt-get install id3tool
You can go to your folder eg:
cd ~/Music/test-2013/
I can list the tags in all the mp3 files with:
id3tool *.mp3
Example:
Filename: 01-track.mp3
Song Title: track1
Artist: Test-Artist
Album: Test-Album
Note:
Track: 1
Year: 2013
Genre: Jazz (0x8)
Filename: 02-track.mp3
Song Title: track2
Artist: Test-Artist
Album: Test-Album
Note: 0
Track: 2
Year: 2013
Genre: Jazz (0x8)
Filename: 03-track.mp3
Song Title: track3
Artist: Test-Artist
Album: Test-Album
Note: 0
Track: 3
Year: 2013
Genre: Jazz (0x8)
I can change the Album Name to all the mp3 files with:
id3tool -a Test-Album-id3tool *.mp3
Now I have:
Filename: 01-track.mp3
Song Title: track1
Artist: Test-Artist
Album: Test-Album-id3tool
Note:
Track: 1
Year: 2013
Genre: Jazz (0x8)
Filename: 02-track.mp3
Song Title: track2
Artist: Test-Artist
Album: Test-Album-id3tool
Note: 0
Track: 2
Year: 2013
Genre: Jazz (0x8)
Filename: 03-track.mp3
Song Title: track3
Artist: Test-Artist
Album: Test-Album-id3tool
Note: 0
Track: 3
Year: 2013
Genre: Jazz (0x8)
NOTE: with the option -a id3tool set the Album Name.
Solution 2
Without installation, you may use rhythmbox to do it open the file with rhythmbox and right click > Properties and then do it
Solution 3
I think id3tool only edits id3v1 tags. Most media players now display id3v2 tags. There is a tool for this too.
sudo apt-get install id3v2
This worked for me.
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michael
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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michael over 1 year
Is there any tool in ubuntu to edit tag information in mp3 files in group? For example, I want to set all the files in a directory with the same album name or artists. How can I do that?
I find 'Easytag', but I need to do that 1 file at a time. I want to know if there is something I can do 1 directory/1 directory tree at the same time?
Thank you.
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Pablo Bianchi almost 5 yearsPossible duplicate of Need a MP3 ID3 tagger, and cover fetcher
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Morteza about 7 yearsThere is no checkbox (step 4) for me :/
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grohjy over 6 years@MortezaZiaeemehr there is now a little "ABC" icon in the corner of each field that acts as a checkbox I think. You select all files, fill out the field and click on that icon to apply change too all files you have selected. Spent 20 minutes looking for it.
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Trevor Hickey almost 5 yearsditto. after using id3tool, I had an issue where some mp3s were categorized correctly, and others were not. id3v2 got them all.