NAME

Music::Tag::File - Plugin module for Music::Tag to get information from filename and directory entries.

SYNOPSIS

use Music::Tag

my $filename = "/var/lib/music/artist/album/track.mp3";

my $info = Music::Tag->new($filename, { quiet => 1 });

$info->add_plugin("File"); $info->get_info();

# Following prints "artist" print "Artist is ", $info->artist;

DESCRIPTION

Music::Tag::File is used to guess information about a music file from its filename, directory name, or contents of the directory it resides in.

No values are required (except filename, which is usually provided on object creation).

This plugin will not overwrite values found by other plugins.

SET VALUES

album

Derived from directory file is in.

aritst

Derived from parent directory of directory file is in.

tracknum

Derived from first number(s) found in file.

track

From file with initial numbers removed.

disc

Set to 1 of 1 if no value set.

picture

Looks for folder.png, folder.jpg, or cover.jpg

lyrics

Looks for file of same name as filename with .txt extension.

booklet

Looks for any pdf file

OPTIONS

lyricsoverwrite

If true will overwrite lyrics with values found by plugin.

coveroverwrite

If true will overwrite picture with values found by plugin.

BUGS

This method is always unreliable unless great care is taken in file naming.

SEE ALSO

Music::Tag, Music::Tag::Amazon, Music::Tag::FLAC, Music::Tag::Lyrics, Music::Tag::M4A, Music::Tag::MP3, Music::Tag::MusicBrainz, Music::Tag::OGG, Music::Tag::Option,

AUTHOR

Edward Allen III <ealleniii _at_ cpan _dot_ org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2007 Edward Allen III. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License, distributed with Perl.