Tag::File(3)

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.