The simplest place to start is scribbu dump. This will show
us what is in the tags:
$>: scribbu dump *.mp3
"lorca.mp3":
ID3v2.3(.0) Tag:
452951 bytes, synchronised
flags: 0x00
The Pogues - Lorca's Novena
Hell's Ditch [Expanded] (US Version) (track 5), 1990
Content-type Pop
TIT2: Lorca's Novena
TPE1: The Pogues
TALB: Hell's Ditch [Expanded] (US Version)
TCON: Pop
TCOM:
TPE3:
TRCK: 5
TYER: 1990
TPE2: The Pogues
COMM (<no description>):
Amazon.com Song ID: 203558254
TCOP: 2004 Warner Music UK Ltd.
TPOS: 1
frame APIC (115554 bytes)
frame PRIV (1122 bytes)
335921 bytes of padding
9425708 bytes of track data:
MD5: 48ff9cadea7d842e9059db25159d2daa
ID3v1.1: The Pogues - Lorca's Novena
Hell's Ditch [Expanded] (US Ve (track 5), 1990
Amazon.com Song ID: 20355825
unknown genre 255
"opium.mp3":
ID3v2.3(.0) Tag:
2038 bytes, synchronised
flags: 0x00
Stephan Luke - Opium Chant Intro
Opium Gardens (track 1), 2003
Content-type General Club Dance
Encoded by Winamp 5.552
TENC: Winamp 5.552
TRCK: 1
COMM (<no description>):
Ripped by Winamp on Pimpernel
TPUB: Opium Music
TPOS: 1/1
TYER: 2003
TCON: General Club Dance
TALB: Opium Gardens
TPE2: Opium Garden
TPE1: Stephan Luke
UFID: http://www.cddb.com/id3/taginfo1.html
334344334e33395235383037313937335532343836364232394336314239364139333341424332363945364531454642444233445032
TIT2: Opium Chant Intro
1522 bytes of padding
1191874 bytes of track data:
MD5: 690194f49592c7d8ccfbfe8a157d4c1e
ID3v1.1: Stephan Luke - Opium Chant Intro
Opium Gardens (track 1), 2003
Ripped by Winamp on Pimperne
unknown genre 255
"orlando.mp3":
ID3v2.3(.0) Tag:
607 bytes, synchronised
flags: 0x40
Bill LeFaive - Orlando
http://music.download.com (track 1), <no year>
TALB: http://music.download.com
TIT2: Orlando
TIT3: http://music.download.com/
TPE1: Bill LeFaive
TCOM: Bill LeFaive
frame WOAF (1 bytes)
frame WPUB (27 bytes)
frame WXXX (54 bytes)
TRCK: 1
TCOP: 2006 Bill LeFaive
TPUB: http://music.download.com
256 bytes of padding
6549838 bytes of track data:
MD5: dd0c70e13d4aeec676f8d7a7bda622b0
ID3v1.1: Bill LeFaive - Orlando
http://music.download.com (track 1), 2004
http://music.download.com/
unknown genre 255
We see we have three files, all of which have both ID3v1 & ID3v2 tags. The output also contains some basic information on the MP3 data in between the tags.
scribbu dump takes as arguments one or more files and/or
directories, and prints information about all files listed, or in the
directories named, recursively. With no options, scribbu
dump will dump everything it understands. With options, the output
can be scoped in various ways (e.g. ID3v2 tags only, ID3v1 tags only,
track data only, among other options; refer to the man page for a
complete list (or See Invoking scribbu dump.))