{"id":32783,"date":"2020-09-27T14:48:27","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T14:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=32783"},"modified":"2020-09-27T14:48:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T14:48:27","slug":"kid3-audio-tagger-3-8-4-released-with-usability-improvements-flatpak-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/09\/kid3-audio-tagger-3-8-4-released-with-usability-improvements-flatpak-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Kid3 Audio Tagger 3.8.4 Released with Usability Improvements &#038; Flatpak Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kid3-icon245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6468\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kid3 audio tag editor 3.8.4 was released a day ago with bug-fixes and usability improvements. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and Ubuntu 20.04.<\/p>\n<p>Kid3 3.8.4 release highlights according to the change-log:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ability to customize the section and file list shortcuts<\/li>\n<li>Ctrl + Up\/Down to activate parent\/current folder<\/li>\n<li>Left arrow key to go to parent item in file list<\/li>\n<li>Header context menu options for custom or automatic column widths.<\/li>\n<li>Add flatpak package support.<\/li>\n<li>Show more details (type, bits, bitrate) for M4A, FLAC, AIFF, WAV.<\/li>\n<li>Other improvements and bug-fixes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/kid3-audiotagger.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"312\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9666\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install Kid3 3.8.4 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ufleisch\/+archive\/ubuntu\/kid3\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">official Kid3 PPA<\/a> has been updated with the new packages for all current Ubuntu releases, Linux Mint and derivatives.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open <u>terminal<\/u> either from application launcher or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ufleisch\/kid3<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/kid3-ppa-focal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"159\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/kid3-ppa-focal.png 560w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/kid3-ppa-focal-450x128.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> If an old version was installed, upgrade Kid3 using <b>Software Updater<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/upgrade-kid3-qt-450x315.jpg\" alt=\"upgrade kid3 via software updater\" width=\"450\" height=\"315\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/upgrade-kid3-qt-450x315.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/upgrade-kid3-qt-600x421.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/upgrade-kid3-qt.jpg 718w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>or run commands one by one in terminal to install or upgrade to the latest tag editor:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update\r\n\r\nsudo apt install kid3-qt<\/pre>\n<p><i>You may replace <code>kid3-qt<\/code> with <code>kid3<\/code> in the code for KDE integration, or with <code>kid3-cli<\/code> for the command-line interface<\/i><\/p>\n<h4>Uninstall<\/h4>\n<p>To remove the PPA repository, either open <b>Software &#038; Updates -> Other Software<\/b> tab, or run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ufleisch\/kid3<\/pre>\n<p>To remove the audio tag editor, either use your system package manager or run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt remove --auto-remove kid3 kid3-*<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kid3 audio tag editor 3.8.4 was released a day ago with bug-fixes and usability improvements. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and Ubuntu 20.04. Kid3 3.8.4 release highlights according to the change-log: Ability to customize the section and file list shortcuts Ctrl + Up\/Down to activate parent\/current folder Left arrow key [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1982],"class_list":["post-32783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-audio-tag-editor"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}