Automatically identify, tag and rename audio files on Linux
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Idntag is a command-line tool that identifies artist and song name in
specified audio files and updates their ID3-tag meta-data with correct data,
and renames the files on format Artist_Name-Track_Name.
Warning: This tool modifies and renames its input files. The quality of song
identification is not perfect and may have some false detections. It is
therefore recommended to first make a copy of the files to be identified, so
there is a backup in case the results are not good.
$ idntag tests/song.mp3tests/song.mp3 : OK : tests/Broke_For_Free-Night_Owl.mp3$ ls tests/Broke_For_Free-Night_Owl.mp3$ ffprobe tests/Broke_For_Free-Night_Owl.mp3 2>&1 | grep -e artist -e titleartist : Broke For Freetitle : Night Owl
Idntag is developed and tested on Linux and macOS.
Pre-requisites Ubuntu:
sudo apt install git cmake mp3info python3-pip libtag1-dev libchromaprint-dev libchromaprint-tools ubuntu-restricted-extras ffmpeg
Pre-requisites Debian (incl. Debian-based like Raspbian):
sudo apt install git cmake mp3info python3-pip libtag1-dev libchromaprint-dev libchromaprint-tools ffmpeg
Pre-requisites Python:
pip3 install pyacoustid pytaglib
Download the source code:
git clone https://github.com/d99kris/idntag && cd idntag
Generate Makefile and build:
mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake .. && make -s
Optionally run tests:
ctest --output-on-failure
Optionally install in system:
sudo make install
Disclaimer: The following packages are not maintained nor reviewed by the
author of idntag.
General usage syntax:
idntag [-k] [-l] path [path ...]idntag -hidntag -v
Options:
path path of a file or directory-h, --help show this help message and exit-k, --keepname keep original filename-l, --uselib use chromaprint lib instead of tools-v, --version show program's version number and exit
Idntag is distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file.
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