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NULL mag Issue 08 25 Import mp3 files with tags
while i was reading some text messages in fsx, someone was asking
about a script to add ID3 tags/data to various MP3 files he had. i am
not sure how he was imagining to implement this, but below is a simple
way to do so.
i used BASH for simplicity and flexibility. after search some
utilities to get the ID3 tags, i finally chose MP3INFO, mainly because
it has a nice way to format the output format. very simple and slick.
so to use the script below, make sure to install mp3info.
sudo apt-get install mp3info
you could also use ffprobe, which comes with ffmpeg, so you probably
have it all ready in your computer, eyeD3 or any other utility.
the script examines a mp3 file for ID3 tags and writes them to a temp.
file_id.diz file. then it takes the original mp3 file and the
file_id.diz and creates a new archive (zip) with both of them, simply
just stored. no compression, there is no need.
this way, you can take the .zip files and upload them to any BBS. the
BBS server, will check for the .diz file and add it as a description
in the file area. simply enough... :)
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#!/bin/bash
spacer="--------------------------------------"
for file in "$@"; do
echo $file
echo "$spacer" > file_id.diz
mp3info "$file" -p "\x0E %t\n" >> file_id.diz
echo "$spacer" >> file_id.diz
mp3info "$file" -p "Size : %k KB\t\Durat.: %mm %ssec\nLayer : \
%L\tStereo: \%o\nArtist: %a\nAlbum : %l\nGenre : %g\tYear: %y\n"\
>> file_id.diz
echo "$spacer" >> file_id.diz
zip -0 "$file".zip "$file" file_id.diz
rm -f file_id.diz
done
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