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vorbiscomment - edits Ogg Vorbis comments
vorbiscomment
[-l] file.ogg
vorbiscomment -a [ -c commentfile | -t ‘tag=value’ ] [-q] in.ogg [out.ogg]
vorbiscomment -w [ -c commentfile | -t ‘tag=value’ ] [-q] in.ogg [out.ogg]
vorbiscomment
reads, modifies, and appends Ogg Vorbis audio file metadata tags.
- -a
- Append
comments.
- -c commentfile
- Take comments from a file. The file is the same format
as is output by the the -l option: one element per line in ’tag=value’ format.
- -h
- Show command help.
- -l
- List the comments in the ogg vorbis file.
- -q
- Quiet mode.
No messages are displayed.
- -t ’tag=value’
- Specify a new tag on the command
line. Each tag is given as a single string. The part before the ’=’ is treated
as the tag name and the part after as the value.
- -w
- Replace comments with
the new set given either on the command line with -t or from a file with
-c.
- -R
- Read and write comments in utf8, rather than converting to the user’s
character set.
To just see what comment tags are in a file:
vorbiscomment -l file.ogg
To edit those comments:
vorbiscomment -l file.ogg > file.txt
[edit the comments in file.txt to your satisfaction]
vorbiscomment -w -c file.txt file.ogg newfile.ogg
To simply add a comment:
vorbiscomment -a -t ’ARTIST=No One You Know’
file.ogg newfile.ogg
See http://xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/doc/v-comment.html
for documentation
on the Ogg Vorbis tag format, including a suggested list of canonical tag
names.
- Program Authors:
Michael Smith <msmith@xiph.org>
Ralph Giles <giles@xiph.org>
- Manpage Author:
Christopher L Cheney <ccheney@debian.org>
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