
mp3info - prints MP3 header info

mp3info [options] [file_or_dir ...]
Options:
--id3tags print ID3 tags as well --ident show identification --help brief help message --verbose verbose information

Show some ID3 tags, like Artist, Album, Title, Track, Year and Genre.
More verbose information.
Print a version identification to standard output and exits.
Print a brief help message to standard output and exits.
Prints a program identification.
Input files / directories. In case of a directory all MP3 files in that directory are processed.

This program will read the given input file(s), which must be valid MP3 files, and print a summary of the header data.

% mp3info Tangerine_Dream/Green_Desert/*.mp3
Tangerine_Dream/Green_Desert/02_White_Clouds.mp3:
MP3 Mode: 1 (Joint Stereo) Bitrate: 242 VBR Frequency: 44.1 Khz
Time: 05:02 (302.86367 seconds) Copyright: No Padding: No
Frames: 11594 Frame Length: 792 VBR Scale: 78 Audio Size: 9189857 bytes
Tangerine_Dream/Green_Desert/03_Astral_Voyager.mp3:
MP3 Mode: 1 (Joint Stereo) Bitrate: 199 VBR Frequency: 44.1 Khz
Time: 07:07 (427.78122 seconds) Copyright: No Padding: No
Frames: 16376 Frame Length: 651 VBR Scale: 78 Audio Size: 10675236 bytes
Tangerine_Dream/Green_Desert/04_Indian_Summer.mp3:
MP3 Mode: 1 (Joint Stereo) Bitrate: 212 VBR Frequency: 44.1 Khz
Time: 06:53 (413.64898 seconds) Copyright: No Padding: No
Frames: 15835 Frame Length: 694 VBR Scale: 78 Audio Size: 10996089 bytes


Johan Vromans <jvromans@squirrel.nl>

This programs is Copyright 2003, Squirrel Consultancy.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Perl Artistic License or the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.