audio-metatag 0.1.6

Clean metadata and tag audio files (MP3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis)

audio-metatag

Clean metadata and tag audio files (MP3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis)

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• Copyright (c) 2015-2025 Corey Goldberg
• Development: GitHub
• Download/Install: PyPI
• License: MIT

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About:

audio_metatag is a Python CLI program that cleans metadata and adds ARTIST/TITLE tags to MP3, FLAC, or Ogg vorbis audio files. It can be used on individual files or a library of files.

• In order to process a file, it must be named in a specific format:
  • Artist - Title.mp3, Artist - Title.flac, Artist - Title.ogg
  • File names must contain a delimiter (-) between Artist and Title, and end with a valid extension: .mp3, .flac, .ogg (case-insensitive)
• It will skip any files that are not named according to the format specified above
• If filenames are given as command-line options, it will only process those files
• If no filename is specified, it will process all files (recursively) in the current directory
• A different directory can be specified using the --dir option

Warning: Edits are done in-place. Backup your files first if you want a copy of the originals.

• Existing metadata (tags) and pictures are deleted
• ARTIST and TITLE tag data is taken from the filename
• Metadata tags are saved to the file (id3v2, flac, ogg)

Requirements:

• Python 3.12+

Installation:

Install from PyPI:

pip install audio-metatag

CLI Options:

usage: audio_metatag [-h] [-d DIR] [-c] [-s] [filename ...]

positional arguments:
  filename              file to process (multiple allowed)

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -d, --dir DIR         start directory
  -c, --clean           only clean metadata (don't write new tags)
  -s, --show            only show metadata (don't remove or write tags)

Usage Examples:

Install from PyPI with pipx:

pipx install audio-metatag

Clean metadata and tag a single file:

audio_metatag "Some Artist - Some Title.mp3"

Clean metadata and tag all files in current directory (recurse subdirectories):

audio_metatag

Clean metadata from all files in a directory (recurse subdirectories):

audio_metatag --clean --dir=/path/to/files