[FFmpeg-user] How do you use Ffmpeg to give unique title/track names (%02d) using -metadata to a split .mp3 file?

[Ferdi Scholten]

Hi
> I'm curious. I've asked this question on a couple of forums with no 
> replies.
> Am I asking a stupid question? I'm struggling to believe I'm the only 
> one whose ever wanted to do this
I personally think that ffmpeg is not the right tool for this. I would 
opt for creating tags after the files have been created with a command 
line tag editor like operon or if you prefer a gui Ex-falso.
check 
https://quodlibet-frestr.readthedocs.io/en/latest/guide/commands/operon.html
>
> On 06/08/2023 14:44, Dave F via ffmpeg-user wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I've successfully split a .mp3 file & given it unique names using 
>> "XX_%02d.mp3" in the following command: (XX_01, XX_02 etc.)
>>
>> How do I perform similar for the file's title or track? -metadata 
>> title="YY_%02d" gives the file the literal title name of YY%02d. How 
>> can I get the -metadata command to accept the numerical coding?
>>
>> ffmpeg -i "input.mp3" -c copy -segment_time 500 -f segment 
>> -segment_start_number 1 -metadata title="YY_%02d" -metadata 
>> track="YY%02d" "XX_%02d.mp3"
>>
>> Cheers
>> DaveF
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