MetaAudio

MetaAudio is a Python program that recognises songs using Shazam's service, fetches song metadata, and applies this metadata to the song file.

Installation

1. Install FFmpeg:

   • Windows:

   winget install "FFmpeg (Essentials Build)"

   • macOS: Use Homebrew:

     brew install ffmpeg

   • Linux: Use your distribution's package manager, for example:

     sudo apt install ffmpeg

2. Clone this repo

3. Install Python dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

1. To recognise songs and update metadata:

python3 metaaudio.py /path/to/your/music/directory

2. To remove metadata from all music files in a given directory:

python3 removemetadata.py /path/to/your/music/directory

Known Issues

Misrecognition by Shazam: Sometimes, Shazam's servers may misrecognise a song, resulting in incorrect metadata such as the song's name or artwork being different from what the song actually is. This is a known issue with the Shazam service and not with the MetaAudio tool itself. This is why I created removemetadata.py.