NAME
vorbiscomment - edits Ogg Vorbis comments
SYNOPSIS
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]
DESCRIPTION
vorbiscomment reads, modifies, and appends Ogg Vorbis audio file metadata tags.
OPTIONS
| -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.
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EXAMPLES
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 statisfaction] 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 ALSO
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.
AUTHORS
| Program Authors: | |
| Michael Smith <msmith@xiph.org>
Ralph Giles <giles@xiph.org>
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| Manpage Author: | |
| Christopher L Cheney <ccheney@debian.org> | |
