NAME

MP3::Tag::File - Module for reading / writing files

SYNOPSIS

  my $mp3 = MP3::Tag->new($filename);

  ($song, $artist, $no, $album) = $mp3->read_filename();

see MP3::Tag

DESCRIPTION

MP3::Tag::File is designed to be called from the MP3::Tag module.

It offers possibilities to read/write data from files.

read_filename()

  ($song, $artist, $no, $album) = $mp3->read_filename($what, $filename);

read_filename() tries to extract information about artist, song, song number and album from the filename.

This is likely to fail for a lot of filenames, especially the album will be often wrongly guessed, as the name of the parent directory is taken as album name.

$what and $filename are optional. $what maybe song, track, artist or album. If $what is defined read_filename will return only this element.

If $filename is defined this filename will be used and not the real filename which was set by MP3::Tag with MP3::Tag-new($filename)>.

Following formats will be hopefully recognized:

- album name/artist name - song name.mp3

- album_name/artist_name-song_name.mp3

- album.name/artist.name_song.name.mp3

- album name/(artist name) song name.mp3

- album name/01. artist name - song name.mp3

- album name/artist name - 01 - song.name.mp3

song()

 $song = $mp3->song($filename);

Returns the song name, guessed from the filename. See also read_filename()

$filename is optional and will be used instead of the real filename if defined.

artist()

 $artist = $mp3->artist($filename);

Returns the artist name, guessed from the filename. See also read_filename()

$filename is optional and will be used instead of the real filename if defined.

track()

 $track = $mp3->track($filename);

Returns the track number, guessed from the filename. See also read_filename()

$filename is optional and will be used instead of the real filename if defined.

album()

 $album = $mp3->artist($album);

Returns the album name, guessed from the filename. See also read_filename() The album name is guessed from the parent directory, so it is very likely to fail.

$filename is optional and will be used instead of the real filename if defined.