- You have to install id3v2.
aptitude -y install id3v2
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Run the following script in directories that contain MP3 files.
#!/bin/bash # Description: For each MP3 file, set the filename as the song title for i in *.mp3; do SONG="$i" id3v2 --song "$SONG" "$i" done
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Or add also the order number in the comment.
#!/bin/bash # Description: For each MP3 file, set the filename as the song title and add the order number in the comment. idx=1 for i in *.mp3; do SONG="$i" id3v2 --song "$SONG" --comment "${idx}" "$i" let idx=idx+1 done
Layout of ID3v1
Field | Length | Description |
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header | 3 | TAG |
title | 30 | 30 characters of the title |
artist | 30 | 30 characters of the artist name |
album | 30 | 30 characters of the album name |
year | 4 | A four-digit year |
comment | 28 or 30 | The comment |
zero-byte | 1 | If a track number is stored, this byte contains a binary 0. |
track | 1 | The number of the track on the album, or 0. Invalid, if previous byte is not a binary 0. |
genre | 1 | Index in a list of genres, or 255 |