eyed3

Show

List tags for file

eyeD3 song.mp3

Extract cover

eyeD3 --write-images=. song.mp3

Change

Rename mp3 file based on id3 tags using eyeD3

eyeD3 --rename '$album_artist - $album - $track:num - $title' *.mp3

Set artist and composer

eyeD3 --artist=Artist --album-artist=Artist --composer=Artist song.mp3

Set track and total number of tracks

eyeD3 --track=3 --track-total=12 song.mp3

Set disc and total number of discs

eyeD3 --disc-num=1 --disc-total=2 song.mp3

Release year

eyeD3 --release-year=2023 song.mp3

Genre

eyeD3 --genre=Rap song.mp3

Fixup

Show inconsistencies

eyeD3 --plugin=fixup --dry-run --type=lp --file-rename-pattern='$album_artist - $album - $track:num - $title' --dir-rename-pattern='$album_artist - $album ($release_date:year)' .

Cleanup

eyeD3 --to-v2.3 --remove-v1 --remove-all-comments --remove-all-lyrics --remove-all-images --remove-all-objects --user-text-frame='ARTISTS:' --user-text-frame='eyeD3#album_type:' *.mp3

Typical workflow:

eyeD3 --plugin=fixup --type=lp --file-rename-pattern='$album_artist - $album - $track:num - $title' --dir-rename-pattern='$album_artist - $album ($release_date:year)' .
eyeD3 --to-v2.3 --remove-v1 --remove-all-comments --remove-all-lyrics --remove-all-images --remove-all-objects --user-text-frame='ARTISTS:' --user-text-frame='eyeD3#album_type:' *.mp3
eyeD3 --disc-num=1 --disc-total=1 *.mp3
eyeD3 --genre=Rap *.mp3
eyeD3 --add-image='cover.jpg:FRONT_COVER' *.mp3