Linux: Library to write ID3v2 data and cover art

Question

I need to locate a command line tool that would allow me to write (read is not required) ID3v2 and album art to an MP3 file. Command line is required as it will be executed from PHP, so no graphical interface. Searches of Google have proved fruitless, so perhaps there is a tool available that will enable me to do this?

Answer 1

PHP has ID3 capabilities built in, but it looks like it doesn't support album art.

If you really want a command line tool there's id3v2.

Answer 2

try using mp3info, it's command line. I'm not sure if the album art is stored as tag and it's not supported by mp3info.

Answer 3

I've found http://eyed3.nicfit.net/ to be the most comprehensive command-line MP3 tag manipulator for Linux. Supports embedding art using --add-image argument (caveat: haven't tried using it for that myself).

Answer 4

eyeD3 (http://eyed3.nicfit.net/), as suggested by Arboghast, will do the job.

eyeD3 --add-image file.jpg:FRONT_COVER music.mp3

will add the front cover album art (which is what iTunes/iPhone uses for the image).

eyeD3 --add-image :FRONT_COVER music.mp3

will remove the last front cover image. (Note that if you want to replace an image [e.g. you fixed the image], you need to remove the image and then add it. If you just add the image again you will get multiple front cover images.)