Utility Reference

tracktag

tracktag takes new metadata values and a list of audio files and updates those files with the new values.

Options

-h, --help

show a list of options and exit

-I, --interactive

Once any other command-line arguments are processed, edit the given tracks in interactive mode.

-r, --replace

this options erases all existing metadata and replaces it with any specified values

--replay-gain

add ReplayGain metadata to tracks

--remove-replay-gain

remove ReplayGain metadata from tracks

-j, --joint=PROCESSES

The maximum number of albums to calculate ReplayGain for at one time.

-V, --verbose=VERBOSITY

The level of output to display. Choose between 'normal', 'quiet' and 'debug'.

Text Options

--name=NAME

the name of the track

--artist=NAME

the track's artist

--performer=NAME

the track's performer

--composer=NAME

the track's composer

--conductor=NAME

the track's conductor

--album=NAME

the track's album name

--catalog=NUMBER

the album's catalog number, typically indicated on its case

--number=NUMBER

the track's number on the disc

--track-total=NUMBER

the total number of tracks on the disc

--album-number=NUMBER

the album's number, if it is one in a series of albums; for example, a 3 CD set might have an album number of 1, 2 or 3

--album-total=NUMBER

the total number of albums in the set

--compilation=YES/NO

whether the track is part of a compilation

--ISRC=ISRC

the track's ISRC

--publisher=NAME

the album's publisher

--media-type=MEDIA

the album's media type, such as "CD", "vinyl", etc.

--year=YEAR

the album's release year

--date=DATE

the track's original recording date

--copyright=COPYRIGHT

the album's copyright information

--comment=TEXT

comment text

--comment-file=FILENAME

a file containing comment text, for particularly long comments

Removal Options

--remove-name

--remove-artist

--remove-performer

--remove-composer

--remove-conductor

--remove-album

--remove-catalog

--remove-number

--remove-track-total

--remove-album-number

--remove-album-total

--remove-compilation

--remove-ISRC

--remove-publisher

--remove-media-type

--remove-year

--remove-date

--remove-copyright

--remove-comment

Cd lookup Options

-M, --metadata-lookup

perform metadata lookup for tracks as if they were a single CD

--musicbrainz-server=HOSTNAME

the MusicBrainz server name to query for metadata

--musicbrainz-port=PORT

the MusicBrainz port to query for metadata

--no-musicbrainz

don't query MusicBrainz for metadata

--freedb-server=HOSTNAME

the FreeDB server name to query for metadata

--freedb-port=PORT

the FreeDB port to query for metadata

--no-freedb

don't query FreeDB for metadata

-D, --default

When multiple metadata choices are available, select the first one automatically. This option has no effect when used with -I

Examples

Update track.flac to be track number 5 and have a track name of "Test Track".

tracktag "--name=Test Track" --number=5 track.flac

Add ISRC metadata from the disc in /dev/cdrom to all MP3 files in the current directory

cdrdao read-toc --device /dev/cdrom album.toc
tracktag --cue=album.toc *.mp3