BPM Tags

bpm-tag.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
# Copyright (C) 2013 Mark Hills <mark@xwax.org>
#
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#
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#

#
# Analyse an audio file and add BPM metadata
#

set -e

usage()
{
	cat <<END
bpm-tag (C) Copyright 2013 Mark Hills <mark@xwax.org>

Usage: bpm-tag [options] <file>
Tag an audio file with tempo (in beats-per-minute, BPM)

  -f   Ignore existing BPM value
  -n   Display BPM only, don't tag
  -m   Minimum detected BPM
  -x   Maximum detected BPM
  -h   Display this help message and exit

See the bpm-tag(1) man page for more information and examples.
END
}

# Parse command line arguments

FORCE=false
WRITE=true
ARGS=""

while getopts "fhnm:x:" OPT; do
	case "$OPT" in
	f)
		FORCE=true
		;;
	n)
		WRITE=false
		;;
	m)
		ARGS="$ARGS -m $OPTARG"
		;;
	x)
		ARGS="$ARGS -x $OPTARG"
		;;
	h)
		usage
		exit 0
		;;
	?)
		exit 1
	esac
done
shift $((OPTIND - 1))

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
	usage >&2
	exit 1
fi

set -u

FILE="$1"
shift

# Don't overwrite an existing BPM tag

case "$FILE" in
*.flac)
	BPM=`metaflac --show-tag=BPM "$FILE" | sed -e 's/BPM=//'`
	;;
*.mp3)
	BPM=`mid3v2 --list "$FILE" | sed -n 's/^TBPM.*: \([0-9\.]\+\)/\1/p'`
	;;
*.ogg)
	BPM=`vorbiscomment "$FILE" | sed -n 's/^BPM=//p'`
	;;
*)
	echo "$FILE: file extension not known" >&2
	exit 1
	;;
esac

if [ -n "$BPM" ] && ! $FORCE; then
	echo "$FILE: already tagged, $BPM BPM" >&2
	exit 1
fi

# Analyse the BPM

BPM=`sox -V1 "$FILE" -r 44100 -e float -c 1 -t raw - | bpm $ARGS`
if [ -z "$BPM" ]; then
	exit 1
fi

echo "$FILE: $BPM BPM" >&2

if ! $WRITE; then
	exit 0
fi

# Write a BPM tag

case "$FILE" in
*.flac)
	metaflac --remove-tag=BPM --set-tag="BPM=$BPM" "$FILE"
	;;
*.mp3)
	mid3v2 --TBPM "$BPM" "$FILE"
	;;
*.ogg)
	vorbiscomment -at "BPM=$BPM" "$FILE"
	;;
*)
	echo "$FILE: don't know how to tag this type of file" >&2
	exit 1
esac

I use the below script (based on bpm-tag itself) to check whether the BPM tag is either 0 or empty and then run bpm-tag to generate the tag. If there is a tag found greater than 0 it prints the value of the tag. I know I've gone the long way around (I could have just edited/branched the bpm-tag script) but I'm attempting to learn basic bash and wanted to create my own using bpm-tag as the main program, if that makes sense.

I presume you could use the variables "$FOUNDBPM" (The BPM in a numercial value) and "${FILE%/*}" (The filename of the file being scanned) in your script ?

#!/bin/bash

find "$1" -type f ( -name ".mp3" -o -name ".flac" ) | while read -r FILE; do

case "$FILE" in
*.flac)
FOUNDBPM=$(metaflac --show-tag=BPM "$FILE" | sed -e 's/BPM=//')
;;
.mp3)
FOUNDBPM=$(mid3v2 -l "$FILE" | sed -En 's/^TBPM=([[:digit:].]+)./\1/p')
;;
esac

if [ 0 == "$FOUNDBPM" ] || [ -z "$FOUNDBPM" ]
then
echo "${FILE%/}" contains a track that is has no BPM set, now running bpm-tag.
bpm-tag -f -m 120 -x 250 "$FILE"
else
echo "${FILE%/}" has already been given the value of "$FOUNDBPM" BPM
fi
done