mp3info ☆

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Description:
MP3 technical info viewer and ID3 1.x tag editor

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: audio mp3 id3 metadata cli

Install: brew install mp3info

About:
Mp3info is a command-line utility designed to read and display technical information from MP3 audio files, such as bitrate, frequency, and duration. It also functions as a lightweight ID3 v1.1 tag editor, allowing users to view and modify metadata fields like artist, title, and album directly from the terminal.

Key Features:

Displays detailed technical data (bitrate, layer, frequency, etc.)
Reads and writes ID3 v1.1 tags
Lightweight and scriptable
Simple command-line interface

Use Cases:

Batch viewing technical specs of MP3 files
Quickly editing ID3 tags in a terminal environment
Scripting audio file validation or metadata extraction

Alternatives:

id3v2 – Focuses on ID3v2 tags, which support more fields and features than the v1 standard used by mp3info.
ffmpeg – A comprehensive multimedia framework that can extract metadata but is much heavier than mp3info.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 16, 2025 4:45am		0	VERSION_BUMP	4a076e7f
Sep 14, 2024 8:29am		0	VERSION_BUMP	45cc7023