eyeD3¶
Status¶
About¶
eyeD3 is a Python tool for working with audio files, specifically mp3 files containing ID3 metadata (i.e. song info).
It provides a command-line tool (eyeD3) and a Python library (import eyed3) that can be used to write your own applications or plugins that are callable from the command-line tool.
For example, to set some song information in an mp3 file called song.mp3:
$ eyeD3 -a Nobunny -A "Love Visions" -t "I Am a Girlfriend" -n 4 song.mp3
With this command we’ve set the artist (-a/--artist), album (-A/--album), title (-t/--title), and track number (-n/--track-num) properties in the ID3 tag of the file. This is the standard interface that eyeD3 has always had in the past, therefore it is also the default plugin when no other is specified.
The results of this command can be seen by running the eyeD3 with no options.
$ eyeD3 song.mp3
song.mp3 [ 3.06 MB ]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
ID3 v2.4:
title: I Am a Girlfriend
artist: Nobunny
album: Love Visions
album artist: Various Artists
track: 4
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
The same can be accomplished using Python.
import eyed3
audiofile = eyed3.load("song.mp3")
audiofile.tag.artist = u"Nobunny"
audiofile.tag.album = u"Love Visions"
audiofile.tag.album_artist = u"Various Artists"
audiofile.tag.title = u"I Am a Girlfriend"
audiofile.tag.track_num = 4
audiofile.tag.save()
eyeD3 is written and maintained by Travis Shirk and is licensed under version 2 of the GPL.
Features¶
- Python package for writing application and/or plugins.
- Command-line tool driver script that supports plugins. viewer/editor interface.
- Easy editing/viewing of audio metadata from the command-line, using the ‘classic’ plugin.
- Support for ID3 versions 1.x, 2.2 (read-only), 2.3, and 2.4.
- Support for the MP3 audio format exposing details such as play time, bit rate, sampling frequency, etc.
- Abstract design allowing future support for different audio formats and metadata containers.
Get Started¶
Python 2.6 or 2.7 (recommended) is required.
For installation instructions or more complete documentation see http://eyeD3.nicfit.net/
Please post feedback and/or defects on the issue tracker, or mailing list.
Installation¶
Stable releases of eyeD3 are best installed via pip or easy_install; or you may download TGZ or ZIP source archives from a couple of official locations. Detailed instructions and links may be found on the Installation page.
Otherwise, if you want to live on the edge, you can pull down the source code from the Mercurial repository at Bit Bucket. The Installation page has details for how to access the source code.
Documentation¶
References¶
- ID3 v1.x Specification
- ID3 v2.4 Structure and Frames
- ID3 v2.3 Specification
- ID3 v2.2 Specification
- ISO 8601 Date and Time
- ISO 639-2 Language Codes
- MusicBrainz Tag Mappings
- MP3 Headers