fixmp3

fixmp3 is a command line utility written in Perl. The main objective of fixmp3 is to "clean up" archives of mp3s by fixing missing tags (with user input) and cleaning up the filenames.

Current version: 0.30 (Oct 18 2001). The changelog is here.

You may download the fixmp3 v.0.30 tarball here. This application is released under the General Public License.
After unpacking the tarball simply execute ./install.sh as root. The tarball comes with the Perl script and a man page.

If you are simply upgrading and do not need copies of the license or man page, you may read the source code for fixmp3 here.
You may read the man page here.

Options

fixmp3 v.0.30
A tool to help mantain a collection of mp3s. All processing of mp3s is done alphabetically.
Syntax:

fixmp3 -d=directory [options]
  
 -d, --directory=directory  The directory where the mp3s are kept. This will be searched recursively
 -f, --file=file.mp3        Process a MP3 file.
 -r, --recursive            Process the directory recursively. Default is non-recursive.
 -p, --playlist=playlist    The file in which a playlist should be stored
 -n, --no-overwrite         Do not overwrite the playlist file: just append. Default: off.
 -h, --help                 Display help
 -c, --correct              Correct the filenames of the mp3s according to Artist and Song, ie. Artist-Song.mp3
 --lowercase                Lowercase the filenames. Must be used with the -c option.
 --tags                     Correct the tags of the mp3s with user input (if no tags exists for an mp3)
 -e, --edit                 Edit all tags of the mp3 files with user input whether tags exist or not.
 -a, --album                The altered filename should contain the name of the Album: Artist-Album-Song.mp3
 --track                    The altered filename should contain the track number (user inputted)
 -v, --version              Print the version and exit.
 --logfile=logfile          Log actions into a logfile.

Examples

The man page contains more examples...

fixmp3 --directory=/mp3/VNV_Nation --recursive --playlist=vnv.m3u --correct --tags

With the mp3s found, rename the mp3s in /mp3/VNV_Nation, according to the artist name and song title.
If a tag is missing for any of the mp3 files, ask me if I want a tag for the mp3. If I do, write the tag to the mp3.
Create a playlist of the mp3s in this directry recursively, into the file vnv.m3u.
If the playlist file exists, overwrite it. (the -n would append the playlist to vnv.m3u)

fixmp3 --file="mp3/eco/Eco - Das Album - 06 - Schmutz.mp3" --correct --tags --album --track --logfile=/tmp/eco

Process the file mp3/eco/Eco - Das Album - 06 - Schmutz.mp3.
Clean up the filename inserting the album name and track name.
If a tag doesn't exist ask to change it.
Output the results to the logfile /tmp/eco.
The resulting filename will be: mp3/eco/06-Eco-Das_Album-Schmutz.mp3 (if tags did not change).
If the --lowercase option was used, the file would be 06-eco-das_album-schmutz.mp3

fixmp3 -d /mp3/random --tags

If there are any tags missing from the mp3s in /mp3/random (and subdirectories), fixmp3 will prompt you and you have the choice to fill them in.

fixmp3.pl -d /mp3/random -p random.m3u

Create an alphabetical playlist from the directory /mp3/random (and subdirectories) into the file random.m3u.

fixmp3.pl -d /mp3/synthpop --edit_all

fixmp3 will give you the choice to remove the tags from each mp3, and re-enter them.

fixmp3.pl -d /mp3/synthpop --track --album --correct --playlist=synthpop.m3u

Create an alphabetical playlist from the directory /mp3/synthpop (and subdirectories) into the file synthpop.m3u.
For each of the mp3s found, ask for the track number, for naming purposes. For example, 05-Beborn_Beton-Ameriqua.mp3.
If an album title is present in the tag, rename the mp3 file to the format of Artist_Name-Album_Name-Song_Name.mp3. If no album title exists, format will be Artist_Name-Song_Name.mp3.
The final result of the mp3s found with tags, will be in the format of Track_Number-Artist_Name-Album_Name-Song_Name.mp3.

fixmp3.pl -d /mp3/industrial/aghast_view --track -a -c --edit

Same as the above example, except fixmp3 will give you the choice to delete the tag from each mp3 and re-enter them. Without the -p option, there is no output playlist.

Afra Ahmad 2001