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.TH EYED3 "1" "Apr. 08, 2005" "eyeD3 0.6.4" ""
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\- displays and manipulates id3-tags on mp3 files
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Manipulates ID3 tags in mp3 files and is able to read/write and convert between
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ID3 v1.0, v1.1, v2.3 and v2.4 tags. High-level access is provided to most
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frames, including APIC (i.e., images) frames.
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\fB\-h, \fB\-\-help\fR
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Shows a brief help string and exit.
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Show program's version number and exit.
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\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
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Show all available tag information.
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Trace program execution; for debugging.
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Only read/write ID3 v1 tags. By default, v1 tags are only read if there is
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Only read/write ID3 v2.x tags.
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Convert the file's tag to ID3 v1.1. (Or 1.0 if there is no track number)
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Convert the file's tag to ID3 v2.3.
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Convert the file's tag to ID3 v2.4
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Options for manipulating tag data have the side-effect of removing a frame
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when the data specified is the empty string. For example, --artist=""
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(or -a "") would cause the artist frame to be removed. This is especially
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useful for removing comment frames.
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\fB-a \fRSTRING, \fB\-\-artist=\fRSTRING\fR
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Set artist the to STRING.
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\fB-A \fRSTRING, \fB\-\-album=\fRSTRING\fR
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\fB-t \fRSTRING, \fB\-\-title=\fRSTRING\fR
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Set track title to STRING.
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\fB-n \fRNUM, \fB\-\-track=\fRNUM\fR
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Set track number to NUM.
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\fB-N \fRNUM, \fB\-\-track\-total=\fRNUM\fR
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Set total number of tracks to NUM.
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\fB-G \fRSTRING, \fB\-\-track\-genre=\fRSTRING\fR
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Sets genre to STRING. (See --list-genres)
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\fB-Y \fRYEAR, \fB\-\-year=\fRYEAR\fR
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Set the four digit year.
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\fB\-\-comment=\fR[LANGUAGE]:DESCRIPTION:COMMENT\fR
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Add (or remove when COMMENT is "") a comment. Note that the argument value
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MUST always contain exactly two ':' characters to delimit the fields even
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when the default language is being used. The DESCRIPTION string is the
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The optional LANGUAGE string MUST be a three-character ISO 639
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language code. The default is "eng" for English.
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A tag may not have more than one comment frame with the same DESCRIPTION and
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\fB\-\-remove-comments\fR
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Remove all comment frames from the tag.
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\fB\-\-add\-image=\fRIMG_PATH:TYPE[:DESCRIPTION]\fR
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Add an image to the tag.
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The IMG_PATH is required and points to the image file to add to the tag.
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The TYPE is one of the types listed when 'eyeD3 --list-image-types' is run.
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It is used to classify what the image pertains to.
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The DESCRIPTION is optional and will default to "".
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A tag may not have more than one image frame with the same DESCRIPTION and
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\fB\-i, \-\-write-images\fR
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Causes all attached images (APIC frames) to be written to the current directory.
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They are named by their type. For example, if the image is a png and the type
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is OTHER, a file named OTHER.png is written to the current directory.
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\fB\-\-set\-text\-frame=\fRFID:TEXT\fR
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Set the value of a specific (i.e., FID) text frame. To remove the frame,
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specify an empty value. e.g., --set-text-frame="TDRC:"
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\fB\-\-play\-count=\fR[+]N\fR
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Set the play count (PCNT). If the argument value begins with '+' the value is
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incremented by N, otherwise it is set to exactly N.
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\fB\-\-unique\-file-id=\fROWNER_ID:ID\fR
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Add a UFID frame. If the ID arg is empty the UFID frame with OWNER_ID is
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removed. An OWNER_ID MUST be specified.
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\fB\-\-set\-encoding=\fRlatin1|utf8|utf16-LE|utf16-BE\fR
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Set the encoding that is used for _all_ text frames in the tag. The encoding
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is applied only when the tag is updated, therefore a frame must be set or
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--force-update is present. Note that, unfortunately, utf8 is not supported
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\fB\-\-rename=\fRPATTERN\fR
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Rename the file based on PATTERN which may contain the following substitution
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variables: %A (artist), %a (album), %t (title), %n (track number), and
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%N (the total track count). The PATTERN string MUST not contain the file
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\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\-genres\fR
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Display the table of "valid" ID3 genres and exit.
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\fB\-\-list\-image\-types\fR
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List all possible image types for APIC frames.
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Fail for tags that violate the ID3 specification.
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Output the tag per the format described in JEP-0118. See
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http://www.jabber.org/jeps/jep-0118.html
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\fB\-\-force\-update\fR
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Update the tag regardless of whether any frames were set on the command line.
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http://eyed3.nicfit.net/
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eyeD3 was written by Travis Shirk <travis@pobox.com>. This manpage was written
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by Alexander Wirt <formorer@debian.org> for the Debian Distribution and Travis
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