Renames an existing directory of MP3s to the format accepted by the music application Headphones

HeadphonesID3Tags.py

from sys import argv
from sys import exit

from mutagen.easyid3 import EasyID3
import os

import shutil

def main():

    if len(argv) != 3:
        print "Error: incorrect parameters"
        exit(1)

    script, startdir, destdir = argv

    for dirpath, dirname, filenames in os.walk(startdir):
        for filename in filenames:
            if filename.endswith('.mp3'):
                print "Parsing: " + filename
                orig_file = os.path.join(dirpath, filename)
                audio = EasyID3(orig_file)
                date = audio['date'][0].encode("ascii")
                artist = audio['artist'][0].encode("ascii")
                album = audio['album'][0].encode("ascii")
                year = date.split('-')[0].strip()

                foldername = "%s - %s [%s]" % (artist, album, year)

                newfolder = os.path.join(destdir, foldername)

                if not os.path.exists(newfolder):
                    os.makedirs(newfolder)

                shutil.move(orig_file, os.path.join(newfolder, filename))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()