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duncan3dc/meta-audio
====================

A library to read and write metadata tags to audio files

0.6.0(5y ago)353.4k8[1 issues](https://github.com/duncan3dc/meta-audio/issues)[2 PRs](https://github.com/duncan3dc/meta-audio/pulls)Apache-2.0PHPPHP ^7.2 || ^8.0CI passing

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meta-audio
==========

[](#meta-audio)

A PHP library to read and write metadata tags to audio files (MP3, ID3, APE, etc)

**WARNING: This library is still very much experimental, and will likely corrupt your beloved audio files, use with caution (and backups)**

Full documentation is available at
PHPDoc API documentation is also available at [https://duncan3dc.github.io/meta-audio/api/](https://duncan3dc.github.io/meta-audio/api/namespaces/duncan3dc.MetaAudio.html)

[![release](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/ef59dfd62c42b6689eb8df0ef5cb2f5fa8773584cd93b859bb9f0de63387c8bb/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f64756e63616e3364632f6d6574612d617564696f2f76657273696f6e2e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/duncan3dc/meta-audio)[![build](https://github.com/duncan3dc/meta-audio/workflows/.github/workflows/buildcheck.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/duncan3dc/meta-audio/actions?query=branch%3Amaster+workflow%3A.github%2Fworkflows%2Fbuildcheck.yml)[![coverage](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/9b7970daeb23183df52c528faa6821f72d4397ae692e7886241b71b8efdba199/68747470733a2f2f636f6465636f762e696f2f67682f64756e63616e3364632f6d6574612d617564696f2f67726170682f62616467652e737667)](https://codecov.io/gh/duncan3dc/meta-audio)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Using [composer](https://packagist.org/packages/duncan3dc/meta-audio):

```
$ composer require duncan3dc/meta-audio
```

Quick Example
-------------

[](#quick-example)

```
$tagger = new \duncan3dc\MetaAudio\Tagger;
$tagger->addDefaultModules();

$mp3 = $tagger->open("/var/music/song.mp3");

echo "Artist: {$mp3->getArtist()}\n";
echo "Album: {$mp3->getAlbum()}\n";
echo "Year: {$mp3->getYear()}\n";
echo "Track No: {$mp3->getTrackNumber()}\n";
echo "Title: {$mp3->getTitle()}\n";
```

*Read more at *

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

A [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md) has been available since the beginning of time

Where to get help
-----------------

[](#where-to-get-help)

Found a bug? Got a question? Just not sure how something works?
Please [create an issue](//github.com/duncan3dc/meta-audio/issues) and I'll do my best to help out.
Alternatively you can catch me on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/duncan3dc)

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###  Health Score

45

—

FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance51

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity34

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 93.9% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~386 days

Recently: every ~419 days

Total

6

Last Release

1954d ago

PHP version history (4 changes)0.1.0PHP >=5.6.0

0.3.0PHP ^5.6|^7.0

0.5.0PHP ^7.2

0.6.0PHP ^7.2 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![duncan3dc](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/546811?v=4)](https://github.com/duncan3dc "duncan3dc (92 commits)")[![Gemorroj](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/885731?v=4)](https://github.com/Gemorroj "Gemorroj (5 commits)")[![DirkR](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/113939?v=4)](https://github.com/DirkR "DirkR (1 commits)")

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Tags

apeid3v1id3v2mp3phptaggingmetadataaudioid3id3v1id3v2MPGapetagapev1apev2

###  Code Quality

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