mp3info(1) mp3info(1) NAME mp3info - MP3 Information tool SYNOPSIS mp3info [ -option < value > ] filename[s]... DESCRIPTION This is a small tool to get and set MP3 information. OPTIONS -T Do NOT get TAG Info. Use on slowseeking media, since TAG is at the very end of the file. -s <0/1> Print info. Pretty much obsolete, as it always should be on. Defaults 1. -f Format of printed string. See README for details. -w Write TAG Info. Will write a TAG at the end of the file. -W Wipe TAG Info. Will wipe clean TAG Info. Overrides all other TAG Options, and turns -s off. To both wipe tag and display info, use -W -s 1 -n Set song title. Implies -w. Will go away soon, use -t instead. -t Set song title. Alias for -n. Implies -w. -a Set name of artist. Implies -w. -l Set album name. Implies -w. -y Sets published year. Implies -w. -c Sets comment. Implies -w. -g Set genre number. Implies -w. -p Prints all the genres. -N Rename files according to format. Same format as -f. If this format expands to nothing, no rename 2nd March 1997 1 mp3info(1) mp3info(1) will be done. -P Plays file(s). Beta, and Linux only. RETURNS 0 All Ok 1 Error opening file. 2 No SYNC Found. 3 Error writing TAG. (Disk full, maybe?) 4 Error wiping TAG. (Shouldn't happen) 5 Error renaming file. BUGS Well, there are no known bugs, but if a list of files is specified, and handling one of them produces an error, the program goes on, and returns the LAST error produced. CREDITS ID3 format by NamkraD/DC (erick@marble.net) AUTHOR Thorvald Natvig xeno@mix.hive.no 2nd March 1997 2