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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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