id3(1)
NAME
id3 --- an ID3 tag editor
SYNOPSIS
id3 [-tTaAycg newdata] file...
id3 -l file...
id3 -d file...
id3 -L
DESCRIPTION
The id3 tool is an ID3 v1.1 tag editor. ID3 tags are traditionally put
at the end of compressed streamed audio files to denote information about
the audio contents. Up to thirty characters of Title, Artist, and Album
information can be stored, as well as a 28-character comment, four-digit
year, track number up to 255, and an enumerated genre.
The id3 tool accepts the following command-line options:
-t title
Sets the title tag to the first 30 characters of the title
argument.
-T track
Sets the track tag to a number between 0 and 255.
-a artist
Sets the artist tag to the first 30 characters of the artist
argument.
-A album
Sets the album tag to the first 30 characters of the album
argument.
-y year
Sets the year tag to the first 4 characters of the year argument.
-c comment
Sets the comment tag to the first 28 characters of the comment
argument.
-g genre
Sets the genre number tag using a genre number or predefined
genre label.
-l List/view the ID3 tag.
-L List all genre tags.
-R Use rfc822-style output for tag printout.
--d Delete the ID3 tag.
ENVIRONMENT
Not taken into consideration.
EXIT STATUS
The id3 utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
id3tool(1), id3v2(1)
STANDARDS
The ID3 version 1 (and 1.1) format has never really been standardized.
The id3 tool follows what is pretty much a commonly-agreed-on file
format.
BUGS
The ID3 format has some shortcomings. There is a 1 in 16777216 chance of
your mp3 having a certain bit-pattern, causing id3 to write over the last
128 bytes of your mp3 upon tag creation. If you add a track number to an
ID3 v1.0 tag, the last two characters of the comment string will be
truncated. Any bugs found in the id3 tool should be forwarded to the
author.
AUTHOR
The id3 tool was originally developed by Robert Woodcock
rcw@debian.org. Some patches were developed by Stefan Ott
stefan@ott.net. In 2016, development was taken over by Peter Pentchev
roam@ringlet.net.
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