Re: Getting Mpeg Trackname?

[Andrew Holmes <andy@proxima.force9.co.uk>]

On Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 10:52:50AM -0700, Greg Baker wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Andrew Holmes wrote:
> > I've looked through the man pages for splay and mpg123 but I can't find an
> > option to output the trackname information from an mp3 file.
> 
> Have a look at the 'mp3info' package (which gives you the command
> 'mp3info'). That should do everything you need.  It can also set the
> title, artist, album, etc. for an mp3. 
> 
> Greg
> 
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Thanks Greg,

mp3info seems to be just what I need, now all I need is a way for the computer
to automatically recognise when someone has typed the artist wrong in the
header info :-) Is it Bryan Adams or Brian Adams? :-)

Thanks again!

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Andy Holmes <andy@proxima.force9.co.uk>

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