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> | |