JamesHeinrich/getID3

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

getID3() is a PHP library that extracts metadata and technical information from a wide range of multimedia files, including audio, video, and image formats. It can parse and write tags such as ID3v1/v2, APE, VorbisComment, and Lyrics3 across formats like MP3, FLAC, Ogg, MP4, MKV, and WAV.

Use cases

• read id3 tags from mp3 files in php
• extract duration and bitrate from audio files
• parse metadata from video files like mkv and mp4
• write id3v2 tags to mp3s
• get album art embedded in audio files
• identify file format and codec information
• build a music library catalog with php

When to choose

• you need to read or write media metadata in a PHP application
• you need broad format coverage for audio, video, and image files
• you want a pure-PHP solution with no external dependencies
• you need detailed technical info like bitrate, sample rate, and codec details

When to avoid

• your project is not written in PHP
• you need to transcode or manipulate media content rather than read metadata
• you need extremely high-performance bulk parsing of millions of files
• you need a maintained v2 API - the 2.x branch is an incomplete beta

Facets

library · maturity stable

parser audio-processing video-processing image-processing media developer-tools files php cross-platform media-metadata id3-tags audio-analysis file-parsing php-library metadata audio video web-server

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