View/edit ID3 data for MP3 files
What's a quick and easy way to view and edit ID3 tags (artist, album, etc.) using C#?
Thirding TagLib Sharp.
TagLib.File f = TagLib.File.Create(path);
f.Tag.Album = "New Album Title";
f.Save();
TagLib Sharp is pretty popular.
As a side note, if you wanted to take a quick and dirty peek at doing it yourself.. here is a C# snippet I found to read an mp3's tag info.
class MusicID3Tag
{
public byte[] TAGID = new byte[3]; // 3
public byte[] Title = new byte[30]; // 30
public byte[] Artist = new byte[30]; // 30
public byte[] Album = new byte[30]; // 30
public byte[] Year = new byte[4]; // 4
public byte[] Comment = new byte[30]; // 30
public byte[] Genre = new byte[1]; // 1
}
string filePath = @"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Music\Sample Music\041105.mp3";
using (FileStream fs = File.OpenRead(filePath))
{
if (fs.Length >= 128)
{
MusicID3Tag tag = new MusicID3Tag();
fs.Seek(-128, SeekOrigin.End);
fs.Read(tag.TAGID, 0, tag.TAGID.Length);
fs.Read(tag.Title, 0, tag.Title.Length);
fs.Read(tag.Artist, 0, tag.Artist.Length);
fs.Read(tag.Album, 0, tag.Album.Length);
fs.Read(tag.Year, 0, tag.Year.Length);
fs.Read(tag.Comment, 0, tag.Comment.Length);
fs.Read(tag.Genre, 0, tag.Genre.Length);
string theTAGID = Encoding.Default.GetString(tag.TAGID);
if (theTAGID.Equals("TAG"))
{
string Title = Encoding.Default.GetString(tag.Title);
string Artist = Encoding.Default.GetString(tag.Artist);
string Album = Encoding.Default.GetString(tag.Album);
string Year = Encoding.Default.GetString(tag.Year);
string Comment = Encoding.Default.GetString(tag.Comment);
string Genre = Encoding.Default.GetString(tag.Genre);
Console.WriteLine(Title);
Console.WriteLine(Artist);
Console.WriteLine(Album);
Console.WriteLine(Year);
Console.WriteLine(Comment);
Console.WriteLine(Genre);
Console.WriteLine();
}
}
}