On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Harry Putnam wrote: > A little off topic but hard to ignore this groups major linux > resource qualities. > > Can someone guide me as to how this kind of thing might be done: > > Can I add info to a *.wav or *.mp3 that will appear on a player like > grip? > > Example: Converting a ripped series of wav files to mp3 with > `bladeenc. How can I add info like my own commentary or whatever, to > the mp3 that will showup on some of the popular players? > Hi Harry, I haven't used bladeenc in a long time, but when using lame, I use these tags to add info : $ lame --longhelp <SNIP> ID3 tag options: --tt <title> audio/song title (max 30 chars for version 1 tag) --ta <artist> audio/song artist (max 30 chars for version 1 tag) --tl <album> audio/song album (max 30 chars for version 1 tag) --ty <year> audio/song year of issue (1 to 9999) --tc <comment> user-defined text (max 30 chars for v1 tag, 28 for v1.1) --tn <track> audio/song track number (1 to 255, creates v1.1 tag) --tg <genre> audio/song genre (name or number in list) --add-id3v2 force addition of version 2 tag --id3v1-only add only a version 1 tag --id3v2-only add only a version 2 tag --space-id3v1 pad version 1 tag with spaces instead of nulls --pad-id3v2 pad version 2 tag with extra 128 bytes --genre-list print alphabetically sorted ID3 genre list and exit There should be similar command-line options to bladeenc. You should be able to pass them in through grip, or build your own scripts. BTW, thanks to Matthias, lame is available from freshrpms.net. -- Arend -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list