---
name: "mp3insert"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "digitaldj"
version: "0.7.5-5"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mp3insert"
---

# mp3insert(1)

program to insert mp3 details into a database for DigitalDJ

## NAME

mp3insert - program to insert mp3 details into a database for DigitalDJ

## SYNOPSIS

**mp3insert** **-p** *path/filename* **-t** *title* **-a** *artist* \[ **-i** *artist* \] \[ **-d** *disc* \] \[ **-g** *genre* \] \[ **-y** *year* \] \[ **-n** *track* \] \[ **-f** *frame* \] \[ **-l** *frames* \] \[ **-m** *mm:ss* \] \[ **-b** *bpm* \] \[ **-r** *dB*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **mp3insert** command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**mp3insert** allows one to insert songs into a MySQL database for use by [**ddj**(1)](/ddj/1.md). It is usually not used on its own, but instead as the backend of [**grip**(1)](/grip/1.md).

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below. The first three are required.

- **-p**

  Full (absolute) path to mp3 file.

- **-t**

  Song title.

- **-a**

  Album artist name.

- **-i**

  Song artist name (if different).

- **-d**

  Disc name.

- **-g**

  ID3 genre.

- **-y**

  Song year.

- **-n**

  Track number.

- **-f**

  Start frame.

- **-l**

  Length in frames.

- **-m**

  Playing time, in minutes:seconds.

- **-b**

  Beats per minute.

- **-r**

  Track replay gain

- **-h**

  Show summary of options.

## SEE ALSO

[**ddj**(1)](/ddj/1.md), [**grip**(1)](/grip/1.md).

## AUTHOR

mp3insert was written by Mike Oliphant \<oliphant@gtk.org\>. This manual page was originaly written by Adam Klein \<aklein@debian.org\> and later updated  by  Tim  Dijkstra \<tim@famdijkstra.org\>, for the Debian system (but may be used by others).