taglib
brew install taglib
v2.3
LGPL-2.1-only OR MPL-1.1
C++ shared library for reading and writing audio file metadata (ID3, Vorbis, FLAC, etc.).
Why you might care
Core dependency for music applications, taggers, and players that need to extract or modify song titles, artists, and album info from MP3, FLAC, OGG, and other formats. Fast, widely-used, and handles many audio codecs without requiring full decoders.
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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://taglib.org/
- Brew formula source: Formula/t/taglib.rb
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