[ubuntu-studio-users] Re: .MP3 metadata editors for Ubuntu Studio 18.04

[Erich Eickmeyer]

On Thursday, April 27, 2023 11:46:13 AM PDT Brian Hagen wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>      I have a business need to add artwork images to a set of .MP3
> files. So far, I have tried the command "lame --ti <image> <MP3>, which
> adds the artwork but at the expense of rendering all of the existing
> other fields in the file to blanks.
> 
>      I have found and tried some Windows 10 apps (of which there are
> many) for this, and they are inconsistent with the results. Many of the
> Linux apps require installation via a customized set of environment
> variables. Bitter experience has taught that that altering OS settings
> in order to get a set of source files to compile and link is most often
> a path to disaster.
> 
>      If anyone here knows of a ready-to-use method to add artwork to an
> .MP3 file without altering its existing fields, I would really like to
> make use of it.
> 
> Brian

Hi Brian,

Ubuntu Studio includes Kid3. I don't have much experience with it, but perhaps 
that should do the trick? It's a GUI tool. If you haven't yet, at least play 
around with it.

-- 
Erich Eickmeyer
Project Leader - Ubuntu Studio
Technical Lead - Edubuntu Revival