NAME

       mid3v2 - audio tag editor similar to 'id3v2'

SYNOPSIS

       mid3v2 [options] filename ...

DESCRIPTION

       mid3v2  is  a  Mutagen-based replacement for id3lib's id3v2. It supports ID3v2.4 and more frames; it also
       does not have the numerous bugs that plague id3v2.

       This program exists mostly for compatibility with programs that want to tag files using id3v2. For a more
       usable interface, we recommend Ex Falso.

OPTIONS

       -q, --quiet
              Be  quiet:  do not mention file operations that perform the user's request. Warnings will still be
              printed.

       -v, --verbose
              Be verbose: state all operations performed. This is the opposite of --quiet. This is the default.

       -e, --escape
              Enable interpretation of backslash escapes for tag  values.   Makes  it  possible  to  escape  the
              colon-separator  in  TXXX, WXXX, COMM values like '\:' and insert escape sequences like '\n', '\t'
              etc.

       -f, --list-frames
              Display all supported ID3v2.3/2.4 frames and their meanings.

       -L, --list-genres
              List all ID3v1 numeric genres. These can be used to set TCON frames, but it is not recommended.

       -l, --list
              List all tags in the files. The output format is not the same as id3v2's; instead,  it  is  easily
              parsable and readable. Some tags may not have human-readable representations.

       --list-raw
              List  all  tags  in the files, in raw format. Although this format is nominally human-readable, it
              may be very long if the tag contains embedded binary data.

       -d, --delete-v2
              Delete ID3v2 tags.

       -s, --delete-v1
              Delete ID3v1 tags.

       -D, --delete-all
              Delete all ID3 tags.

       --delete-frames=FRAMES
              Delete specific ID3v2 frames (or groups of frames) from the files.  FRAMES is a "," separated list
              of frame names e.g. "TPE1,TALB"

       -C, --convert
              Convert ID3v1 tags to ID3v2 tags. This  will also happen automatically during any editing.

       -a,--artist=ARTIST
              Set the artist information (TPE1).

       -A,--album=ALBUM
              Set the album information (TALB).

       -t,--song=TITLE
              Set the title information (TIT2).

       -c,--comment=<DESCRIPTION:COMMENT:LANGUAGE>
              Set  a  comment  (COMM).  The  language and description may be omitted, in which case the language
              defaults to English, and the description to an empty string.

       -p,--picture=<FILENAME:DESCRIPTION:IMAGE-TYPE:MIME-TYPE>
              Set the attached picture (APIC). Everything except the filename  can  be  omitted  in  which  case
              default values will be used.

       -g,--genre=GENRE
              Set the genre information (TCON).

       -y,--year=<YYYY>, --date=<YYYY-[MM-DD]>
              Set the year/date information (TDRC).

       -T,--track=<NUM/NUM>
              Set the track number (TRCK).

       Any text or URL frame (those beginning with T or W) can be modified or added by prefixing the name of the
       frame with "--". For example, --TIT3 "Monkey!" will set the TIT3 (subtitle) frame to Monkey!.

       The TXXX frame has the format <DESCRIPTION:TEXT>; many TXXX frames may be set in the file as long as they
       have   different   keys.   To   set  this  key,  just  separate  the  text  with  a  colon,  e.g.  --TXXX
       "ALBUMARTISTSORT:Examples, The". The description can be omitted in which case it  defaults  to  an  empty
       string.

       The  WXXX  frame  has  the  same  format  as TXXX but since URLs usually contain a ":" you have provide a
       description or enable escaping (-e): --WXXX "desc:http://foo.bar" or -e --WXXX "http\\://foo.bar"

       The USLT frame has the format <DESCRIPTION:TEXT:LANGUAGE>. The language and description may  be  omitted,
       in which case the language defaults to English, and the description to an empty string.

       The special POPM frame can be set in a similar way: --POPM "bob@example.com:128:2" to set Bob's rating to
       128/255 with 2 plays.

BUGS

       No sanity checking is done on the editing operations you perform, so mid3v2 will  happily  accept  --TSIZ
       when  editing  an  ID3v2.4  frame.  However, it will also automatically throw it out during the next edit
       operation.

AUTHOR

       Joe Wreschnig is the author of mid3v2, but he doesn't like to admit it.

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