I need to add ID3 cover art to some MP3 files.
I need a command line tool (no GUI) but it seems that neither id3 nor id3v2 tools can do it.
Any hint?
Ubuntu – How to add ID3 “cover art” by command line
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Best Answer
An excellent Python application that I routinely use to add cover art to mp3 files is the command line application
eyeD3
. This can be installed from a Terminal as follows:Here is an example of a command to add a cover image named
cover.jpg
to an mp3 file namedtest.mp3
:See an example below of this at work on my own computer, adding a cover image to an mp3 otherwise empty of meta tags:
There are many other options for adding images although I have given the basic syntax above. Below are these other options:
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