id3v2: Command Line MP3 Tag Editor Compiled for Cygwin

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Jeff Fitzsimons

id3v2 is a powerful command line tool for editing MP3 ID3 tags.  Getting it to compile on Windows under Cygwin, though, took a bit of effort.

For the convenience of others, here is id3v2 0.1.12 compiled under Cygwin.  It depends upon Cygwin and Cygwin’s zlib package.

About Jeff Fitzsimons

Jeff Fitzsimons is a software engineer in the California Bay Area. Technical specialties include C++, Win32, and multithreading. Personal interests include rock climbing, cycling, motorcycles, and photography.
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2 Responses to id3v2: Command Line MP3 Tag Editor Compiled for Cygwin

  1. Kai-Uwe Rommel says:
    November 8, 2012 at 2:18 pm

    Could you make your source code changes to id3v2 available?

  2. Arthur Klassen says:
    December 5, 2012 at 2:54 pm

    I don’t have a patch for id3v2 but I do have one for id3 v0.78, see at pastebin.

    cheers…ank

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