Kid3 Share Help Try It

Edit the ID3v1 & ID3v2 tags in MP3 files in an efficient way

Category

Metadata

License

GPL

Platforms

Windows macOS Linux

Released

2003

Path

c:\kid3\kid3-cli.exe

Notes

Adobe only has read-only functions. This library can write ID3 metadata.

Examples

kid3-cli.exe -c "set title 'My Track Title'" -c "set artist 'My Artist'" -c "set album 'My Album'" -c "set track '2'" -c "set composer 'My Composer Name'" -c "set 'album artist' 'My Artist Name'" -c "set 'disc number' 90" -c "set date '2020-04-09T12:47:01'" -c "set language 'eng'" -c "set genre 'Speech'" -c "set copyright 'My Copyright�(R)'" -c "set WXXX https://www.mywebsite.com/" -c "set comment 'Visit MyWebsite�(R) to listen to a recent podcast.'" -c "set picture:'d:\MyCoverArt.jpg' 'Cover (front)'" d:\myAudio.mp3

Try it

• Read all ID3 tag frames from an MP3
  Run 'kid3-cli -c "get all" sample.mp3' to dump every populated tag frame (title, artist, album, track, year, genre, comment, picture, etc.) from the shared sample MP3 fixture. The -c flag passes a kid3-cli command followed by the file path. 'get all' reads every set frame across all available tag versions (ID3v1, ID3v2.3, ID3v2.4) so you see the union, not just one tag version.
• Read ID3v2 tag frames only (tag-version filter)
  Run 'kid3-cli -c "get all 2" sample.mp3' to dump only the ID3v2 tag frames. The third positional argument to kid3-cli's 'get' command is the tag-number filter: 1 = ID3v1, 2 = ID3v2, 3 = vorbis / other formats, 12 = union of v1 and v2. The other demo above uses 'get all' with no filter (showing the union); this one isolates a single tag version so you can compare which fields each version actually carries on the same file.

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# Kid3 - Help

Source: https://kid3.kde.org/

```
kid3-cli 3.9.6 (c) 2024 Urs Fleisch
Usage: kid3-cli [-c command1] [-c command2 ...] [path ...]
Parameter
  P = File path
  U = URL
  T = Tag numbers "1" | "2" | "3" | "12" | ...
  N = Frame name "album" | "album artist" | "arranger" | "artist" | ...
  V = Frame value
  F = Format
  S = Command specific
Available Commands
help [S]               Help
                       S = Command name
timeout [S]            Overwrite timeout
                       S = "default" | "off" | Time [ms]
exit [S]               Quit application
                       S = "force"
cd [P]                 Change folder
pwd                    Print the filename of the current folder
ls                     Folder list
save                   Saves the changed files
select [P|S]           Select file
                       S = "all" | "none" | "first" | "previous" | "next"
tag [T]                Select tag
get [N|S] [T]          Get tag frame
                       S = "all"
set N V [T]            Set tag frame
revert                 Revert
import P S [T]         Import from file
                       P S = File path Format name | tags Source Extraction
autoimport [S] [T]     Automatic import
                       S = Profile name
albumart U [S]         Download album cover artwork
                       S = "all"
export P S [T]         Export to file
                       S = Format name
playlist               Create playlist
filenameformat         Apply filename format
tagformat              Apply tag format
textencoding           Apply text encoding
renamedir [F] [S] [T]  Rename folder
                       S = "create" | "rename" | "dryrun"
numbertracks [S] [T]   Number tracks
                       S = Track number
filter F|S             Filter
                       S = Filter name
to24                   Convert ID3v2.3 to ID3v2.4
to23                   Convert ID3v2.4 to ID3v2.3
fromtag [F] [T]        Filename from tag
totag [F] [T]          Tag from filename
syncto T               Tag to other tag
copy [T]               Copy
paste [T]              Paste
remove [T]             Remove
config [S]             Configure Kid3
                       S = Group.Option Value
execute S              Execute command
                       S = [@qml] Executable [arguments]
```