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.IX Title "AnyData::Format::Mp3 3pm"
.TH AnyData::Format::Mp3 3pm "2023-08-06" "perl v5.36.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
AnyData::Format::Mp3 \- tied hash and DBI access to Mp3 files
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\& use AnyData;
\& my $playlist = adTie( \*(AqPasswd\*(Aq, [\*(Aqc:/My Music/\*(Aq] );
\& while (my $song = each %$playlist){
\&    print $song\->{artist} if $song\->{genre} eq \*(AqReggae\*(Aq
\& }
\&
\& OR
\&
\& use DBI
\& my $dbh = DBI\->connect(\*(Aqdbi:AnyData:\*(Aq);
\& $dbh\->func(\*(Aqplaylist\*(Aq,\*(AqMp3,[\*(Aqc:/My Music\*(Aq],\*(Aqad_catalog\*(Aq);
\& my $playlist = $dbh\->selectall_arrayref( qq{
\&     SELECT artist, title FROM playlist WHERE genre = \*(AqReggae\*(Aq
\& });
\& # ... other DBI/SQL operations
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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This module provides a tied hash interface and a \s-1DBI/SQL\s0 interface to \s-1MP\s0 files.  It creates an in-memory database or hash from the Mp3 files themselves without actually creating a separate database file.  This means that the database is automatically updated just by moving files in or out of the directories.
.PP
Many mp3 (mpeg three) music files contain a header describing the song
name, artist, and other information about the music.
.PP
Simply choose 'Mp3' as the format and give a reference to an array of directories containing mp3 files.  Each file in those directories will become a record containing the fields:
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\& song
\& artist
\& album
\& year
\& genre
\& filename
\& filesize
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.PP
This module is a submodule of the AnyData.pm and DBD::AnyData.pm modules.  Refer to their documentation for further details.
.SH "AUTHOR & COPYRIGHT"
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copyright 2000, Jeff Zucker <jeff@vpservices.com>
all rights reserved