Editing ID3 tags in the finder (not in itunes/quicktime)

Hi. New mac user. Just wondering if there was any way to edit the ID3 tags of an mp3 file within the finder's 'get info' section (as compared to windows' 'properties' section). If not (which I'm pretty sure there isn't), what would be the best way to go about doing so? Keeping in mind that I want to be able to do it before I import the file into iTunes.

you can't do it from finder. you can open it in VLC player and do it from there (press command+i in VLC).

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I tried editing the ID3 tags under the 'media' tab in
Libsyn by inserting the artist/track listing into the
comments box but that didn't work. I then read about
how to edit the ID3 tags using iTunes but that seemed
to refer to editing the tags in a dowloaded podcast
and not the tags on a podcast uploaded to Libsyn's
server.
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