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Added in 3.3
$sound(filename)
Returns ID3 tag information about a file/song.
If file is not found, the default sound folder associated with the file extension is returned.
Same as $mp3.
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
| filename | Filename to check. |
Properties
| Property | Description |
| .album | Album name. |
| .title | Song title. |
| .artist | Song artist. |
| .year | Album/song year. |
| .comment | Comments field. |
| .genre | Song genre. |
| .track | Album track, |
| .length | Song length. |
| .bitrate | Song bitrate. |
| .version | MPEG version. |
| .variable | $true if the song is variable bitrate, otherwise $false. |
| .sample | MPEG frequency rate. |
| .mode | MPEG mode. |
| .layer | MPEG layer. |
| .copyright | $true if copyright field is enabled, otherwise $false. |
| .private | $true if private field is enabled, otherwise $false. |
| .vbr | $true if the song bitrate is variable, otherwise $false. |
| .id3 | Returns the id3 tag version. |
| .tag | Returns the number of id3v2 tags found. |
| .tags | Returns the id3v3 tags found. |
| .crc | Returns $true if the file is CRC protected, otherwise $false. |
Example
; Print artist - title - album for 'song.mp3' //echo -ag $sound(song.mp3).artist- $sound(song.mp3).title - $sound(song.mp3).album
Updated by Per Amundsen over 1 year ago · 6 revisions