Remove all album art images in multiple mp3 from multiple directories in single process

How to remove all album art images in multiple mp3 from multiple directories in single process?

Is there any web-utility /software that I can use ?

I don't want to edit single mp3 album art and save it.

SamSol

Posted 2012-02-20T11:42:36.777

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What system are you asking about here? – David Richerby – 2015-01-03T12:29:58.210

When I get to 3K reputation I'll vote to reopen; Stack is moderated by people who have a serious issue of not getting it. – John – 2016-10-04T02:22:05.433

do you wish to remove album art or update them ? – Shekhar – 2012-02-20T13:21:43.567

Answers

Try eyeD3.

eyeD3 --remove-images */*.mp3

You could specify the directory further if required, this will just remove all artwork embedded in files in the current directory.

Denilson Sá Maia

Posted 2012-02-20T11:42:36.777

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I had to use eyeD3 --remove-all-images */*.mp3. This will remove embeded images in every mp3 files in subdirectories of the current directory, but only on the subdirectory level. – totymedli – 2017-12-25T08:10:27.237

@GuillaumeVincent And to install pip: sudo apt install python-pip. – totymedli – 2017-12-25T08:15:13.800

this app crashes with the error eyed3:ERROR: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'file_info' – barrypicker – 2019-08-12T16:47:29.897

1For me I had to use --remove-images. – Max Howell – 2013-11-19T01:01:05.967

1you can install it with pip : sudo pip install eyeD3 – Guillaume Vincent – 2014-04-23T18:41:09.873

For Windows, there is a program called "taghycardia" that can do batch cover art removal from multiple mp3 files/folders without much hassle. It can also optionally extract the images into respective folders.

Mnye Nye-nravitsya

Posted 2012-02-20T11:42:36.777

Reputation: 91

I love MP3Tag, one of the best utilities for what you're looking for.

http://mp3tag.de/en/download.html

Sandeep Bansal

Posted 2012-02-20T11:42:36.777

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This is a windows app. – barrypicker – 2019-08-12T16:49:06.357

I tried 3 programs on the 3 copies of an mp3 with album art image, all the 3 changed the file so that Totem media player did not display the image after, but:

eyeD3 : commandline, the filesize remains the same !
EasyTAG : slow graphical interface, resulting file is larger !!!
Audio Tag Tool : significantly smaller filesize, responsive graphical interface, however it can only delete the whole tag (i.e. artist, title, album, etc, not just image), called "tagtool" in the ubuntu repo

All 3 have batch mode.

nlognfan

Posted 2012-02-20T11:42:36.777

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