---
name: "mid3iconv"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python-mutagen"
version: "1.48.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mid3iconv"
---

# mid3iconv(1)

convert ID3 tag encodings

## NAME

mid3iconv - convert ID3 tag encodings

## SYNOPSIS

**mid3iconv** \[*options*\] *filename* ...

## DESCRIPTION

**mid3iconv** converts ID3 tags from legacy encodings to Unicode and stores them using the ID3v2 format.

## OPTIONS

- **--debug, -d**

  Print updated tags

- **--dry-run, -p**

  Do not actually modify files

- **--encoding, -e**

  Convert from this encoding. By default, your locale's default encoding is used.

- **--force-v1**

  Use an ID3v1 tag even if an ID3v2 tag is present

- **--quiet, -q**

  Only output errors

- **--remove-v1**

  Remove any ID3v1 tag after processing the files

## AUTHOR

Emfox Zhou.

Based on id3iconv (*http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~zf/id3iconv/*) by Feng Zhou.