https://github.com/keithdhedger/kute

(K)eith's (U)niversal (T)ag (E)ditor, Linux cli tag editor for flac,m4a and mp3 files.
https://github.com/keithdhedger/kute

c c-plus-plus command-line-tool editor flac linux m4a mp3 tags

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(K)eith's (U)niversal (T)ag (E)ditor, Linux cli tag editor for flac,m4a and mp3 files.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/keithdhedger/kute
• Owner: KeithDHedger
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2018-12-11T15:41:19.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-04-02T13:29:57.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-13T18:21:50.632Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: c, c-plus-plus, command-line-tool, editor, flac, linux, m4a, mp3, tags
• Language: Roff
• Size: 240 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README
  • Changelog: ChangeLog
  • License: COPYING
  • Authors: AUTHORS

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README

          

Kute - (K)eiths (U)niversal (T)ag (E)ditor

Read/Write  tags  to/from  a music file including FLAC,AAC and MP3. Multiple files can be tagged simultaneously. Tags can also be removed (see examples). File type is found automatically (default) or can forced to a specific format.

OPTIONS

       r, --read-all Print tags to stdout (default)

       a, --artist=ARG

              Set tag ARTIST to ARG

       l, --album=ARG

              Set tag ALBUM to ARG

       n, --title=ARG

              Set tag TITLE to ARG

       t, --track=ARG

              Set tag TRACK to ARG

       T, --total-tracks=ARG

              Set tag TOTALTRACKS to ARG

       C, --cd=ARG

              Set tag CD to ARG

       i, --compilation=ARG

            Set tag COMPILATION to ARG

              Note this is non standard and ARG should be 1 for part of a compilation or 0 for not

       y, --year=ARG

              Set tag YEAR to ARG

       g, --genre=ARG

              Set tag GENRE to ARG

       m, --composer=ARG

              Set tag COMPOSER to ARG

       o, --comment=ARG

              Set tag COMMENT to ARG

       Y, --copy

              Copy ALL tags from first file to ALL subsequent files.

       f, --force-flac

              Don't try to guess the file type treat it as a FLAC file

       c, --force-aac

              Don't try to guess the file type treat it as an AAC file

       p, --force-mp3

              Don't try to guess the file type treat it as an MP3 file

	   q, --use-quotes

              Quote file/artist/album names etc

       ?,h, --help

              Print this help

EXAMPLES

       kute "/media/LinuxData/Music/Buddy Holly/The Very Best Of Buddy Holly/01 That'll Be The Day.flac"

       Produces:

       FILENAME=/media/LinuxData/Music/Buddy Holly/The Very Best Of Buddy Holly/01 That'll Be The Day.flac

       FILETYPE=1

       TITLE=That'll Be The Day

       ARTIST=Buddy Holly

       ALBUM=The Very Best Of Buddy Holly

       TRACK=01

       TOTALTRACKS=20

       CD=

       GENRE=Rock & Roll

       YEAR=

       COMPILATION=

       COMPOSER=

       COMMENT=

       Set the title to "new title"

       kute --title="new title" "/media/LinuxData/Music/Buddy Holly/The Very Best Of Buddy Holly/01 That'll Be The Day.flac"

       Remove track number and track total

       kute --track= "/media/LinuxData/Music/Buddy Holly/The Very Best Of Buddy Holly/01 That'll Be The Day.flac"

       Set the album for "01 The Jean Genie.flac" AND "12 Diamond Dogs.flac" to "The Best of David Bowie"

       kute --album="The Best of David  Bowie"  "/media/LinuxData/Music/David  Bowie/The  Best  of  David  Bowie/01  The  Jean  Genie.flac"  "/media/Linux-

       Data/Music/David Bowie/The Best of David Bowie/12 Diamond Dogs.flac"

       Copy all tags from /tmp/xxx/01 All The Tired Horses.flac to /tmp/xxx/01 All The Tired Horses.m4a and /tmp/xxx/01 All The Tired Horses.mp3

       kute -Y "/tmp/xxx/01 All The Tired Horses.flac" "/tmp/xxx/01 All The Tired Horses.m4a" "/tmp/xxx/01 All The Tired Horses.mp3"

NOTES

       Setting the track number, cd number, track total or compiliation to 0 will remove the tag.

       Forcing a file type onto a different file may cause unexpected results.

       Always, ALWAYS use on a backup of the original, just in case!

       Filetypes

       1=FLAC

       2=AAC

       3=MP3

       4=UNKNOWN

       Removing the track tag will alo remove the total tracks tag.

AUTHOR

       Keith Hedger

REPORTING BUGS

       kdhedger68713@gmail.com

COPYRIGHT

       K.D.Hedger 2009-2018