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Which MP3 tagging tool for Linux?

Which application would you recommend for Linux to tag MP3s? Under Windows I used to use Tag&Rename and liked it a lot; it works well under Wine, but I want something that runs natively.
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command line tool to remove selected tags from mp3 files

Using MP3 Diags to clean up my mp3 collection, I've discovered that in addition to the ID3v2 tag, some files also have a Lyrics3, ID3v1, and some an APE tag. Are there command line tools out there to remove all but the ID3v2 tag?
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Mass .flac --> .mp3 transcoding: How to write a shell script that preserves ID3 tag information?

In recent weeks I've gone from a fairly 'hands-on' approach to .flac --> .mp3 transcoding, to one that's far more 'set & forget'. The first step was to stop using a GUI front end (Audacity with a LAME plug-in) and instead use the method I outlined…
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Where is metadata for PDF files? Can I insert metadata into any PDF file?

I have many files of music; with the program mp3Tag, I had organized all of it. I have the correct metadata as it allows. I am looking for a free software that does the same, but for PDF files.
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Adding metadata to opus file from command line

I have a collection of opus music files that needs tagging and a text file containing the appropriate tags. I'm trying to accomplish the tagging through a Python script but I need a way to edit the metadata of the opus files. So a CLI program that…
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Mapping metadata with avconv does not work

The way I understand man avconv (version 9.16-6:9.16-0ubuntu0.14.04.1), the following command should convert input.ogg to output.mp3 and carry over metadata: avconv -i input.ogg -map_metadata 0 output.mp3 It does not, however; ogginfo clearly shows…
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How to tag everything stored in a Linux filesystem?

How would I accomplish the following in Linux using the BTRFS filesystem? In Mac OS X El Capitan you can use tags to organize files. You can tag files and folders to make them easier to find. Tags work with all files and folders. You can add…
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Adding tags to files (PDFs) and process from the command-line or script

I want to add tags to my files (in this case to PDF files) so I can search for them in the filesystem and then process the result from the command-line or in a script. Is there a linux-tool that can do this for files in general? An Easy way would…
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Replace file name with title in multiple audio files

I want a CLI or GUI solution for replacing file name of each file with the title of that file. I have multiple radio podcasts with file names that do not properly show the content. That is visible in media players under Title, but I have problems…
user32012
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Command line tool to fingerprint and tag MP3

I have a large collection of MP3 files, accumulated over the years. The collection is intermittently tagged, and many filenames are totally nondescript as well (e.g. file01.mp3, file02.mp3, etc). The total collection is currently stored on a ubuntu…
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MP3 tags Cyrillic chars

I have some mp3 files with Cyrillic chars on file names and also on their tags. I'm using audacious to play them. See the file info below: Is it possible to change some encoding to show the contents correctly? Âûñîêî should be Высоко, I guess.
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Edit a file via a script yet maintain the osx tags

On OSX you can have tags which allows you to identify different categories of files. Here are two text files with different tags when viewed in Finder: I have a large number of these files and have written a bash script to make several edits on…
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Tagging outgoing packets with iptables

Is there any possibility to mark outgoing packets with iptables and recognize them by the response? I have a very simple outgoing rule: iptables -A OUTPUT -m conntrack --ctstate NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED --m owner --uid-owner XXX -j ACCEPT One way to…
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How to remove the APE tag in an MP3 file?

An MP3 file can support three different types of tags (that I am aware of): ID3V1, ID3V2.4 and APE. I would like to know how to remove an APE tag in an MP3 file or files, since it is giving me headaches with my audio player. I am familiar with…
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Fast incremental searching of files from shell

I like the command-t script in vim editor that is able to intelligently and incrementally search for files. Is there some similar program that is able to search from shell? It would be great if it would support tagging mode, so that I could search…
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