Previous version of mp3tofid was 4.03, released in 2007, not announced on this forum.

Compared to 4.03, version 5.00 has three changes:

  • Makefile adapted to current Linux distros
  • fixed crashing on scanning flac files with embedded artwork
  • Support for multiple music directories


Support for multiple music directories now allows you to separate your mp3tofid playlist symlinks from your actual music directory which might otherwise confuse other applications. Support for multiple music directories slightly changes the syntax and introduces two new options.

-f | --fids-directory directory

The fids directory used to be the second non-option argument. Now it is a mandatory option argument

--main-mp3-dir-index number

This option is useful only when you have multiple music directories on different filesystems. mp3tofid uses device and inode numbers to track tunes and works best when it knows which of your music directories contains the bulk of your music. By default it assumes the first one is the most important, but if it would the second one, you would use --main-mp3-dir-index 2

All non-option arguments are now assumed to be music directories and will be scanned for tunes or playlist links. The contents of each music directory will be concatenated in the root empeg playlist. Identically named subdirectories will not be merged, they will just appear twice.

As always, mp3tofid can be found here.

Pim