https://github.com/derhuerst/read-audio-tags

Read tags from all common formats.
https://github.com/derhuerst/read-audio-tags

ffprobe flac id3 m4a metadata mp3 tags

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Read tags from all common formats.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/derhuerst/read-audio-tags
• Owner: derhuerst
• License: isc
• Created: 2017-08-11T18:29:15.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-05-04T12:08:26.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-06-26T11:55:16.870Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: ffprobe, flac, id3, m4a, metadata, mp3, tags
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: https://github.com/derhuerst/read-audio-tags
• Size: 317 KB
• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 4
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: readme.md
  • License: license.md

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# read-audio-tags

**Read tags from all common formats.** Uses [ffprobe](http://ffmpeg.org/ffprobe.html).

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## Installing

```shell

npm install read-audio-tags

```

## Usage

```js

const readTags = require('read-audio-tags')

readTags('/path/to/audio.m4a', (err, tags) => {

	if (err) console.error(err)

	else console.log(tags)

})

```

## API

```js

readTags(file, [ffprobe], cb)

```

You may pass in an `ffprobe` path to use a custom executable, e.g. from [`ffprobe-static`](https://github.com/joshwnj/ffprobe-static).

## Contributing

If you have a question or have difficulties using `read-audio-tags`, please double-check your code and setup first. If you think you have found a bug or want to propose a feature, refer to [the issues page](https://github.com/derhuerst/read-audio-tags/issues).