metadsf

metadsf is a command line tool that lets you batch-edit ID3v2 tags embedded in your DSF files.

# long options
$ metadsf --set-tag=TPE1=Eagles --set-tag=TIT2="Hotel California" music.dsf
$ metadsf --show-tags music.dsf
TPE1=Eagles
TIT2=Hotel California

# short options
$ metadsf -sTPE1='Pink Floyd' -sTIT2=Money music.dsf

Installation

Dependencies:

• taglib 1.9.1 or newer
• A C++11-compliant compiler

# You may have to tell configure where your taglib is located
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/
$ make
$ make install

Options

Usage: metadsf [options] file1 file2 file3 ...

--help or -h

Display help info and exit.

--version or -v

Display the current version of metadsf and exit.

--show-info or -i

Display audio properties of the specified DSF files. If more than one file are specified in the command line, each output line will be preceded by the corresponding file name.

--show-tags or -t

Display all ID3v2 tags in the specified DSF files. If more than one file are specified in the command line, each output line will be preceded by the file name.

--encoding or -e

Set the text encoding of your input to various commands. Valid encodings are: "UTF8" (default), "LATIN1", "UTF16", "UTF16LE", "UTF16BE".

$ metadsf --set-tag=TALB="My Album" --encoding=UTF8 mymusic.dsf
$ metadsf --set-tag=TALB="My Album" -eUTF8

--id3v2-version

Save ID3v2 tags in either 2.3.0 or 2.4.0 version. Can be either 3 or 4.

# Save as ID3v2 2.3.0
$ metadsf -sTPE1=XXX --id3v2-version=3

--add-tag or -a

Add a tag. Existing tags with the same name are untouched.

$ metadsf --add-tag=TRCK=4 -aTPOS=1/2 test.dsf

--add-tags-from-file

Same as --add-tag, but instead of specify the key-value pairs in the command line, you can supply a text file containing the pairs (one per line).

$ cat tags.txt
TPE1=Rolling Stones
TPOS=1/1
$ metadsf --add-tags-from-file=tags.txt test.dsf

--set-tag or -s

This replaces all occurences of the tag with the specified value.

$ metadsf --show-tags test.dsf
TPE2=XYZ
TPE2=ABC
# replace and display tags
$ metadsf --set-tag=TPE=IJK --show-tags test.dsf
TPE2=IJK

--set-tags-from-file

Same as --set-tag, but instead of specify the key-value pairs in the command line, you can supply a text file containing the pairs (one per line).

--import-picture or -p

Import picture into the DSF file

# long form
$ metadsf --import-picture='/path/to/your.jpg|3|Picture Comment' test.dsf
# short form
$ metadsf -p'/some/dir/file.jpg'

The string is a list of fields separated by '|'. The first field is the path to your picture file. The second field is the picture type which is optional (the default is "3" which means "Front Cover") The third field is picture comment which is also optional.

$ metadsf --import-picture='/path/to/your.jpg'
# no comment specified
$ metadsf --import-picture='/path/to/your.jpg|11'
# no picture type specified
$ metadsf --import-picture='/path/to/your.jpg||My Comment'

Currently GIF(.gif), TIFF (.tif or .tiff), PNG(.png) and JPEG(.jpeg, .jpg, .jpe) files are allowed.

See Appendix I for the complete list of picture types.

--export-all-pictures

Export embedded pictures to files. Exported files are named <ORIGINAL_FILENAME>_<PICTURE_TYPE>_<NUMBER>.<EXT>.

E.g. let's say you have 2 front covers and 1 back cover in JPEG format embedded inside SomeDSDFile.dsf:

$ metadsf --export-all-pictures SomeDSDFile.dsf
$ ls *.jpg
SomeDSDFile_FrontCover_1.jpg
SomeDSDFile_FrontCover_2.jpg
SomeDSDFile_BackCover_1.jpg

--remove-tags or -r

A comma-separated list of tag names to be removed.

$ metadsf --remove-tags=TPE1,TPE2

--remove-pictures

A comma-separated list of picture types to be removed.

# remove ALL front and back covers
$ metadsf --remove-pictures=3,4

--remove-all-pictures

Remove all embedded pictures in the file

--remove-everything

Remove ALL ID3v2 metadata including tags and pictures.

Examples

Note that you can mix and match options together

# Clear everything and start all over again
$ metadsf --remove-everything -sTALB=Thriller --import-picture=thriller.jpg 01-Beat_It.dsf 02-Thriller.dsf

# Remove all pictures and a couple tags, and import new pictures
$ metadsf --remove-all-pictures -rTALB,WCOP --import-picture=somepic.jpg --import-picture=anotherpic.jpg music.dsf

TODO

1. Support for TXXX, WXXX, TMCP, TIPL tags

Appendix I

Below is the complete list of picture types.

• 0: Other
• 1: 32x32 pixels 'file icon'
• 2: Other file icon
• 3: Cover (front)
• 4: Cover (back)
• 5: Leaflet page
• 6: Media (e.g. label side of CD)
• 7: Lead artist/lead performer/soloist
• 8: Artist/performer
• 9: Conductor
• 10: Band/Orchestra
• 11: Composer
• 12: Lyricist/text writer
• 13: Recording Location
• 14: During recording
• 15: During performance
• 16: Movie/video screen capture
• 17: A bright coloured fish
• 18: Illustration
• 19: Band/artist logotype
• 20: Publisher/Studio logotype

Appendix II

Below is the complete list of supported ID3v2 tags

• TALB
• TBPM
• TCOM
• TCON
• TCOP
• TDEN
• TDLY
• TDOR
• TDRC
• TDRL
• TDTG
• TENC
• TEXT
• TFLT
• TIT1
• TIT2
• TIT3
• TKEY
• TLAN
• TLEN
• TMED
• TMOO
• TOAL
• TOFN
• TOLY
• TOPE
• TOWN
• TPE1
• TPE2
• TPE3
• TPE4
• TPOS
• TPRO
• TPUB
• TRCK
• TRSN
• TRSO
• TSOA
• TSOP
• TSOT
• TSO2
• TSRC
• TSSE
• WCOP
• WOAF
• WOAR
• WOAS
• WORS
• WPAY
• WPUB
• COMM
• TRDA
• TDAT
• TYER
• TIME