genre-expand

Expand ID3 genre metadata using Wikipedia

Update or replace ID3 genre metadata of MP3 files using data extracted from Wikipedia. Can recursively expand metadata of music directories with or without the need for user confirmation. Allows for topic disambiguation by the user to improve precision, as well as the option to only fill in missing genres.

Installation

pip install genre-expand

or

pip install git+https://github.com/huntrar/genre-expand.git#egg=genre-expand

or

git clone https://github.com/huntrar/genre-expand
cd genre-expand
python setup.py install

Usage

usage: genre_expand.py [-h] -d SEARCH_DIR [-r] [-l LEVEL] [-f] [-s] [-m] [-q]
                       [-v]

expand ID3 genre metadata

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -d SEARCH_DIR, --search-dir SEARCH_DIR
                        directory to search
  -r, --recursive       recursively search directories
  -l LEVEL, --level LEVEL
                        depth of directories to recurse
  -f, --force           do not prompt user ever
  -s, --force-save      save files without prompt
  -m, --missing-only    only expand missing genres
  -q, --quiet           suppress status and error messages
  -v, --version         display current version

Author

• Hunter Hammond (huntrar@gmail.com)

Notes

• Choosing the 'force' option will remove the need for prompts, but will also avoid making changes where a choice is ambiguous. If you want to disambiguate topics but skip other confirmations, use the 'force save' option.
• The 'missing only' option is available for only expanding tags with missing genre metadata, preventing overwrites of existing genres.