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JohnB

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Apr 3, 2012, 9:43:29 PM4/3/12
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I would like to export/extract ID tag info from a large number of MP3
files. I am interested in exporting the 'Artist', 'Album' and the
'Cover Art' fields to a file such as an Excel or CSV file. My plan is
to be able to import the resulting file into a database.

If that's not possible, can the "Cover Art' be extracted to individual
JPG files that are assigned the 'Album' as the JPG's name?

Does anyone know of a software program that can accomplish either of
these things?

Regards...John

Scott Dorsey

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Apr 4, 2012, 3:23:34 PM4/4/12
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JohnB <jbil...@gmail.com> wrote:
>I would like to export/extract ID tag info from a large number of MP3
>files. I am interested in exporting the 'Artist', 'Album' and the
>'Cover Art' fields to a file such as an Excel or CSV file. My plan is
>to be able to import the resulting file into a database.

eyeD3 can be run from the command line and scripted to do all sorts of
things like that. You can run a find on the whole filesystem, exec
eyeD3 on each one and have it spit out whatever fields you want to a file.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Nil

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Apr 4, 2012, 4:57:16 PM4/4/12
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On 03 Apr 2012, JohnB <jbil...@gmail.com> wrote in rec.audio.pro:

> I would like to export/extract ID tag info from a large number of
> MP3 files. I am interested in exporting the 'Artist', 'Album' and
> the 'Cover Art' fields to a file such as an Excel or CSV file. My
> plan is to be able to import the resulting file into a database.
>
> If that's not possible, can the "Cover Art' be extracted to
> individual JPG files that are assigned the 'Album' as the JPG's
> name?

Mp3tag can export tag information to any form or text file you like
(html, csv, etc.) Cover art can be extracted using the Actions
function.

http://www.mp3tag.de/en/

Excellent program. I'm constantly amazed at what it can do.

Marc Wielage

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Apr 5, 2012, 3:55:47 PM4/5/12
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On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 18:43:29 -0700, JohnB wrote
(in article
<0536c45a-fd61-4641...@i18g2000vbx.googlegroups.com>):

> I would like to export/extract ID tag info from a large number of MP3
> files. I am interested in exporting the 'Artist', 'Album' and the
> 'Cover Art' fields to a file such as an Excel or CSV file. My plan is
> to be able to import the resulting file into a database.
>------------------------------<snip>------------------------------<

Another good choice: Tag & Rename.

http://www.softpointer.com

I much prefer it to MP3 Tag, plus T&R will work with a lot of other non-MP3
formats.

--MFW

Nil

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Apr 5, 2012, 4:00:50 PM4/5/12
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On 05 Apr 2012, Marc Wielage <mwie...@yahoo.com> wrote in
rec.audio.pro:

> Another good choice: Tag & Rename.
>
> http://www.softpointer.com
>
> I much prefer it to MP3 Tag, plus T&R will work with a lot of
> other non-MP3 formats.

From their web page:

Mp3tag supports the following audio formats:

Advanced Audio Coding (aac)
Free Lossless Audio Codec (flac)
Monkey's Audio (ape)
Mpeg Layer 3 (mp3)
MPEG-4 (mp4 / m4a / m4b / iTunes compatible)
Musepack (mpc)
Ogg Vorbis (ogg)
OptimFROG (ofr)
OptimFROG DualStream (ofs)
Speex (spx)
Tom's Audio Kompressor (tak)
True Audio (tta)
Windows Media Audio (wma)
WavPack (wv)

Marc Wielage

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Apr 6, 2012, 5:06:27 PM4/6/12
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On Thu, 5 Apr 2012 13:00:50 -0700, Nil wrote
(in article <XnsA02CA2E7...@127.0.0.1>):

> From their web page:
>
> Mp3tag supports the following audio formats...
>------------------------------<snip>------------------------------<

Try them both. I have, and to me, Tag & Rename is far better in many ways.
I have no connection to the company at all except as a satisfied customer.


--MFW

Nil

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Apr 6, 2012, 5:12:17 PM4/6/12
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On 06 Apr 2012, Marc Wielage <mwie...@yahoo.com> wrote in
rec.audio.pro:

> Try them both. I have, and to me, Tag & Rename is far better in
> many ways. I have no connection to the company at all except as a
> satisfied customer.

OK, I'll check out the trial version, but I wonder if it will be worth
$30 to me when the free Mp3tag does everything I want and more.

Trevor

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Apr 6, 2012, 6:53:46 PM4/6/12
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"Nil" <redn...@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote in message
news:XnsA02DAF04...@127.0.0.1...
> OK, I'll check out the trial version, but I wonder if it will be worth
> $30 to me when the free Mp3tag does everything I want and more.

Seems to me you've answered your own question right there. :-)

Trevor.


Nil

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Apr 6, 2012, 7:18:22 PM4/6/12
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On 06 Apr 2012, "Trevor" <tre...@home.net> wrote in rec.audio.pro:

> Seems to me you've answered your own question right there. :-)

You're probably right, but then again, maybe it will be, like,

OHMYGODWHEREHAVEYOUBEENALLMYLIFE
I'MSUREGLADIDIDN'TTHROWMYSELFINTOTHATWOODCHIPPERTHATTIME

and then I'll live contentedly for the rest till the end of my days.

Could happen, right?

Trevor

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Apr 6, 2012, 10:06:56 PM4/6/12
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"Nil" <redn...@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote in message
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Anythings possible, but I wouldn't bet my money on it :-)
I'd just download the trial and test it for myself instead.

Trevor.


JohnB

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Apr 7, 2012, 3:17:42 PM4/7/12
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Sorry that I took so long to reply. Tried Mp3tag with the Actions
function and it did the trick. I've been a long time fan of Tag &
Rename, but I couldn't geit it to achieve the same result. No matter.
Thanks to you all for your time and advice.

John

Nil

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Apr 7, 2012, 5:28:16 PM4/7/12
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Hooray!

Trevor

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Apr 7, 2012, 6:50:20 PM4/7/12
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"JohnB" <jbil...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Chalk one up for the free software then :-)

Trevor.


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