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Batch modify MP3 file properties

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AlainNicolas -  
Hello,

With Audacity I have normalized the volume of more than 200 MP3 files, everything is OK except that during the export the audio files all took on a completely incongruous name in the "Artist" field and likewise for the "Album" field (see screenshot).

I’m looking for a way to delete the contents of these two fields without having to do it file by file. In the old days we used the command line mode a lot and we could for example rename an entire list of files or change extensions...

At worst I could try to make a small application to do this, but if I could avoid that it would be great!

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Thanks in advance for your suggestions
Best regards,

Alain

2 answers

  1.  fabul Moderator

    Hello,

    TagScanner maybe? (Free)

    Or EZ Meta TAG Editor Evaluation or Trial)

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    1. Panth33ra

      Hello fabul,

      Yes with TagScanner. I have used it many times in the past, when I was ripping audio CDs. Although the official site is in English/Russian, the French language is indeed present.

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    2. brucine
      @Panth33ra

      Hello,

      The Swiss Army knife for editing metadata is ExifTool, which, as suggested, can be used via the command line, but the command line processes memory-wide all files by exporting the specified data, whereas what we want is the opposite, or on a single file inside a batch where a FOR loop defines the file names in a folder as a variable to process.

      It’s boilerplate; the workaround for those not versed in batch files is the same thing in Windows graphical mode.

      Create a folder we call exif or whatever you like.
      Download exiftool as a 64-bit zip and unzip it there.

      Download ExifToolGui X64

      Open the latter and, of course, go to the exploration line under the menu line in the desired folder.
      The difficulty is identifying the desired tag, selecting a section where it appears; I identified without issue that Album is Album, but artist performing I do not have this item, it’s a bug in Audacity, to be identified, I call it Toto for testing.
       

      Go back to the top, choose Select, Select All, then click at the bottom on ExifTool directly.
      According to the mode indicated here in the comment 16, in the Command area I enter:

      -EXIF:Album= -EXIF:Toto=

      followed by Enter.

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    3. brucine
      @brucineI came across a trap with Exiftools (command line or Windows) because, as its name suggests, it by default only handles exif data (photos) and not ID3 (mp3) unless at the price of even more complicated manipulations.

      The simplest solution I found, which isn’t a batch file but processes all files at once, not with all data but seemingly sufficient for our purposes, is Mp3Tag.

      Ctrl-A to select all files, dive down the left column to the desired criterion(s) (for example Album) after ensuring in the dropdown list that it is indeed the item in question with the list, choose erase, confirm with the floppy disk icon at the top left.
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    4. AlainNicolas Author

      Hello Fabul,

      I just tested xdlab and it’s exactly what I needed.

      Thank you very much for your help; it was really useful to me.

      Very sincerely,

      Alain

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    5. fabul Moderator
      @AlainNicolasYou're welcome. Have a great day.

      See you later.
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  2. Panth33ra

    Hello,

    See the solution at this link...

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