Save will not be in plain, standard Wave format,īecause of the "extra" information that will be put inside it.įor MP3 files, but notice this stated limitation: The reason is that otherwise (with this option checked) the file you Wave), make certain to uncheck "Save extra non-audio information" before you This is normal: Click the "OK" button.Ī caution: The next time you work on a Wave file and want to save it (as You may get the "Saving to Lower Fidelity Format" warning.Click the "Save" button to create the MP3 file.Click the "OK" button to close the dialog.Click the "Advanced>" button if visible." from the pull-down menu below "CBR (Constant Bitrate)". Check "Convert to Mono" if it's enabled.The "MPEG-1 Layer 3 Encoder Options" dialog opens. Check "Save extra non-audio information" (ie, "Fill in the ID3 tag").Select "MPEG 3 (FhG) (*.mp3)" from the "Save as type" pull-down menu.So now you've told Cool Edit what to put in the ID3 tag. Click the "OK" button when done to close the dialog.Set "Genre" to "Speech" for !LibriVox recordings.Select "MP3 (ID3 Tag)" from the pull-down menu to the right of "Text Field Names".In Cool Edit and are ready to save it to MP3 format. These probably also apply to Adobe Audition. This program can be installed in the same way as eyeD3 and once installed is found in the menu under Applications -> Sound & Video -> EasyTAG. With EasyTAG it is possible to set the version of your ID3 tags under Settings -> Preferences before entering them. A GUI program called EasyTAG is available in the Synaptic Package Manager. Ubuntu commands and file names are case-sensitive so be sure to use upper-case to match the names exactly.Īn alternative to converting is to NOT use Audacity for entering your ID3 tags. Within that folder I create a folder for each project, this one was OmarResung. On my Desktop, I have a folder called Librivox. " username" is your computer username, " path/to/file" is the directory path to where you've saved the file, " yourfilename" is the required Librivox file name for your project.ĮyeD3 -to-v2.3 /home/me/Desktop/Librivox/OmarResung/omarresung_5_blanden.mp3 At the $ prompt type:ĮyeD3 -to-v2.3 /home/username/path/to/file/yourfilename.mp3 Once installed, open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl-Alt-T. If it suggests other dependent packages accept their installation also.
Click the box to the left of the program and mark for installation when prompted.
To install it go to System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager. A single command in the terminal window can convert your ID3v2.4 tags to ID3v2.3 tags.Ī program called eyeD3 is available through the Synaptic Package Manager. If you make multiple recordings in a row by exporting the first, closing the tracks, recording the second selection and exporting again, Audacity will retain the ID3 tags from the initial export rather than asking you for new ones, so in this case you will have to edit the tags through the Project menu before exporting the second time.Īudacity for Ubuntu automatically generates ID3v2.4 tags which often are not visible in other applications in other operating systems. from the Project menu to bring up the same window. mp3 from the File menu, a little window automagically opens that asks you for the ID3 tag information.Īlternately, click Edit ID3 Tags. If you would like to be prompted for ID3 info whenever you save an MP3, go to Edit, Preferences, Batch and tick/check Show MP3/ID3 dialog.Įarlier versions: When you click Export as. Ver 1.3 & later: Go to the File menu, then Open Metadata Editor. Regardless of which program you use, this is a video explaining where to find the exact stuff you should use to fill in the 3 fields LibriVox uses: What To Put into ID3 Spaces Notice that individual programs vary in which particular fields of the ID3 tag they give access to.
If your software is not listed here and you don't know how to add/edit ID3 tags, please post a message in our Need Help forum.
If your software is not listed here and you know how to add/edit ID3 tags, please update this page (leaving the order alphabetical).Scroll down to find the audio software you are using for your recordings.
This page lists various software packages and outlines how to add or edit ID3 tags with them. We've left this page on the Wiki for historical purposes, but the information is outdated and is not being updated. This is now done automatically by our cataloging software, so ID3 tag fields should be left blank when recordings are exported to an MP3. When LibriVox first started, readers needed to add ID3 tags to their files before uploading.