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Update MP3 Metadata Tags

Source: R/audio.R
mp3_update_tags.Rd

Updates the ID3 metadata tags of an MP3 file using the Python `eyeD3` library via the `reticulate` package. You can modify standard fields such as title, artist, album, and genre, as well as additional tags passed through ... if they exist in the MP3 file.

Usage

mp3_update_tags(
  filename,
  title = NULL,
  artist = NULL,
  album = NULL,
  genre = NULL,
  ...
)

Arguments

filename

Character. Path to the MP3 file to update.

title

Character. New title of the track (optional).

artist

Character. New artist name (optional).

album

Character. New album name (optional).

genre

Character. New genre name (optional).

...

Additional named arguments corresponding to other ID3 tags. Only tags that exist in the MP3 file will be updated.

Value

Invisibly returns NULL. The MP3 file is updated in-place.

Details

The function requires Python and the eyeD3 package installed. It will automatically initialize ID3 tags if they do not exist. Tags provided via ... are checked against the existing tag names to avoid errors.

See also

Other Audio: mp3_get(), mp3_trim()

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
mp3_update_tags(
  "song.mp3",
  title = "My Jazz Song",
  artist = "Bernardo",
  album = "Smooth Album",
  genre = "Jazz"
)
} # }