The wavinfo package allows you to probe WAVE and RF64/WAVE files
and extract extended metadata. wavinfo has an emphasis on film, video and
professional music production but can read many other kinds.
If you are trying to read a particular kind of metadata from a WAV file and it is not supported, please submit an issue!
wavinfo reads:
- All defined Broadcast-WAVE fields, including embedded program loudness, coding history and SMPTE UMID.
- iXML production recorder metadata, including project, scene, and
take tags, recorder notes and file family information.
- iXML
STEINBERGsound library attributes.
- iXML
- All known RIFF INFO metadata fields.
- Audio Definition Model (ADM) track metadata and schema, including
channel, pack formats,
object, content and programme, including Dolby Digital Plus
and Dolby Atmos
dbmdmetadata for re-renders and mixdowns. - Wave embedded cue markers, cue marker labels, notes and timed ranges as used by Zoom, iZotope RX, etc.
- The wav format is also parsed, so you can access the basic sample rate and channel count information.
The entry point for wavinfo is the WavInfoReader class.
from wavinfo import WavInfoReader
path = '../tests/test_files/A101_1.WAV'
info = WavInfoReader(path)
adm_metadata = info.adm
ixml_metadata = info.ixmlThe package also installs a shell command:
$ wavinfo test_files/A101_1.WAVAny new or different kind of metadata you find, or any new or different use of exising metadata you encounter, please submit an Issue or Pull Request!
- For other file formats and ID3 decoding, look at audio-metadata.