id3v2-ng

A command-line ID3 tag editor -- next generation.

Install

Install id3v2-ng as a snap:

sudo snap install id3v2-ng

The snap installs in strict-mode by default, which prevents id3v2-ng from accessing files in your home folders. To work-around this, install in devmode:

sudo snap install id3v2-ng --devmode

Changes since id3v2 0.1.1

• Set mimetype and picture type for APIC frames.
• Replace existing APIC frame when configuring.
• Add id3lib in-tree, fix header includes to build in Ubuntu 20.04.
• Compile id3lib and zlib statically.

Example usage

Configure tags for complete album in a single command

# assuming mp3 files are in folder "album/" and named "(track)-(title).mp3" format, e.g. "01-my song.mp3", "02-my other song.mp3"
id3v2-ng  --clear --album 'This Album' --artist 'This Artist' --year 2020 --genre 'Progressive Rock' --title-regex '.*-(?P<title>.*)\.mp3' --track-regex '(?P<track>\d\d).*' --cover cover.jpg album/

Extract cover

id3v2-ng.extract-cover file.mp3 --output cover.jpg

Run id3v2 commands directly

id3v2-ng.id3v2 --help