How to set metadata for music files?

The tags are stored in a data container located within the MP3 audio file. Some software I use:

  1. easytag (GUI)
  2. id3v2 (CLI)
  3. Picard (GUI)
  4. id3tool (CLI)

Also, many music players have tag editing features. The official site for ID3 has the file format specification and a history. As far as right-clicking a file to set a tag, it's almost certainly not a standard feature for any file manager in Linux because of the patent issue. So, you would be trying to find an add-on package for your file manager to gain that functionality.


So I came here to learn about the metadata editing for a video. I tried with the VLC media player and it is working fine for me, so you can try VLC as well...

Here are the steps:

  • Open the file in VLC player
  • Locate media information from the Tools menu in the player
  • This will open a window with current metadata information
  • Change the data to the desired one
  • save the changes
  • you have edited the meta info of the file.

I don't know whether this is the right way or not, but I have created a video tutorial and published it on youtube, you can watch it using the link: How to edit metadata of mp3 and mp4 files in Linux using VLC Player

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