On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Douglas Royds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have ripped a talking book (Roald Dahl, highly recommended for keeping > children happy on long car-trips) into MP3 using Rhythmbox, and want to > juggle the tags to get a sensible display on my cell-phone. > > Rhythmbox reports the titles as "Chapter 1", "Chapter 2", etc., and the > artist as "Roald Dahl". Totem agrees. My Sony K750i (cell phone) agrees, and > lists all 80 tracks as "Roald - Chapt", "Roald - Chapt", "Roald - Chapt" > (useful), but: > > $ id3v2 -l * > The Magic Finger 01.mp3: No ID3 tag
{SNIP} > I have also tried id3, id3ed, id3tool, all without luck. The files are CBR, > not VBR. > > How are the tags being stored in these mp3s? What can I read and manipulate > them with (preferably a batch tool, ie. command-line)? http://easytag.sourceforge.net/ is an oft mentioned tagger. packages.ubuntu.com isn't opening for me so I cannot tell you if there is an ubuntu package.