I'm looking for an application that automatically searches lyrics on the internet and stores them in ID3-tags. Such a program, called iArt, already exists for Microsoft Windows. Does a similar application exist for Ubuntu as well?
3 Answers
I wrote a python script that will search for lyrics and embed those lyrics to your mp3 files. Script Blog
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[user@ub Auto-MP3-Lyrics-Tagger]$ sudo pip install eyed3
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): eyed3 in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
Cleaning up...
[user@ub Auto-MP3-Lyrics-Tagger]$ python auto_lyrics_tagger.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "auto_lyrics_tagger.py", line 4, in <module>
import eyed3
ImportError: No module named eyed3
Oct 30, 2014 at 11:25 -
That error occurred because
eyed3
module wasn't detected.There is currently an issue with eyed3 installation , you should typesudo pip install . --allow-external eyed3 --allow-unverified eyed3
to resolve it.– yaskOct 30, 2014 at 19:22
I know of no application that will actually automatically write the lyrics to the iD3 tag for the file but rhythymbox has a plugin that will download lyrics from the internet.
Also remember that not all lyrics are available and subject to copyright in many countries.
There are many applications that will however enable you to edit the iD3 tags of your files either individually or in a batch;
- Easytag which is available in the software centre for installation.
- MusicBrainz Picard which is available in the software centre for installation.
- MP3 Diags which is a very feature rich and easy to use.
- Puddletag simple basic application.