MP3 IDv2 Tag Viewer & File Renamer

Just a simple perl script that views and renames files based on mp3 tags. It supports UTF-8. If any one interested check it out.
Find ID3v2 tags inside mp3 files under linux/unix environment with perl and MP3::Tag module installed.
Usage: ./mp3nfo.pl /dir/file.mp3
Source: https://github.com/GoTux/Perl/blob/master/mp3nfo.pl
You can also find exe/dll/ocx meta viewer script and few others if any one care: http://wiki.gotux.net/code
Last edited by TuxLyn (2012-12-19 10:28:18)

TuxLyn wrote:Alright, thanks mate. Move it.
Done

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