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adr3nal1n

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Registered: 2010-09-23

Posts: 60

How to create id3 tags for mp3 files using CDDB from command line?

Hi Guys,

I have a large number of mp3 files stored in folders by Album Title and Artist,

Is there a command line application I can use to help me id3 tag them automatically using CDDB?

Thanks in advance for any help.

cs96and

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Registered: 2010-04-08

Posts: 6

Re: How to create id3 tags for mp3 files using CDDB from command line?

CDDB won't work for mp3s, you need to use MusicBrainz for that.  I use the GUI tagger "picard" (available in the community repo).

There is a command line MusicBrainz app called "beets", though I've never used it myself (its in AUR)
http://beets.radbox.org/
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=39577