crazypig Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 I’m having a problem with sound files. Or more specifically the data held within them such as artist, genre, title etc. I say the sound files as the problem occurs across different applications (Rhythmbox, totem player, and anything else) I can't change the data, such as the artists name. I can get to the point to where I can see it but can't make any changes to it. It looks like something simple but I've looked around and can't find any settings. I even logged in as root and - same thing. This sounds like a simple problem. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddie Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Maybe the file is read-only? To see the file permissions, type ls -l If there are no w's (w for write) on the left of the list, then the files aren't writeable. To make them writeable for you (assuming the files belong to your user) then do chmod u+w filename This adds write permission (w) to the user (u) for the specified file (or files) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexicon Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 (edited) Do You can rename ID3 tag? Lame --help ID3 tag options: --tt title audio/song title (max 30 chars for version 1 tag) --ta artist audio/song artist (max 30 chars for version 1 tag) --tl album audio/song album (max 30 chars for version 1 tag) --ty year audio/song year of issue (1 to 9999) --tc comment user-defined text (max 30 chars for v1 tag, 28 for v1.1) And other options Test for one file lame --ta lexicon '/home/lex/Muzyka/5.mp3' -o main.mp3 ID3v2 found. Be aware that the ID3 tag is currently lost when transcoding. LAME 3.97 (beta 2, Nov 29 2005) 32bits (http://www.mp3dev.org/) CPU features: MMX (ASM used), 3DNow! (ASM used) Using polyphase lowpass filter, transition band: 10935 Hz - 11226 Hz Encoding /home/lex/Muzyka/5.mp3 to main.mp3 Encoding as 24 kHz 64 kbps j-stereo MPEG-2 Layer III (12x) qval=3 Frame | CPU time/estim | REAL time/estim | play/CPU | ETA 12883/12885 (100%)| 0:27/ 0:27| 0:30/ 0:30| 11.114x| 0:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- kbps LR MS % long switch short % 64.0 4.1 95.9 92.6 4.4 3.1 Writing LAME Tag...done ReplayGain: -6.5dB For audio CD betest is K3b ........Lex Edited August 1, 2006 by Lexicon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 only certain applications provide you with the ability to edit these tags. have you tried with XMMS? Perhapd easytag? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazypig Posted August 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 I've looked at permissions and I do have write permissions. I'll have a look at xmms later. Thanks :mellow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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