AC3

Pure AC3 file information.

exception mutagen.ac3.AC3Error
class mutagen.ac3.AC3(filename)

Bases: FileType

AC3(filething)

Parameters:

filething (filething) –

Load AC3 or EAC3 files.

Tagging is not supported. Use the ID3/APEv2 classes directly instead.

info
Type:

AC3Info

add_tags()

Adds new tags to the file.

Raises:

mutagen.MutagenError – if tags already exist or adding is not possible.

static score(filename, fileobj, header)

Returns a score for how likely the file can be parsed by this type.

Parameters:
  • filename (fspath) – a file path

  • fileobj (fileobj) – a file object open in rb mode. Position is undefined

  • header (bytes) – data of undefined length, starts with the start of the file.

Returns:

negative if definitely not a matching type, otherwise a score,

the bigger the more certain that the file can be loaded.

Return type:

int

class mutagen.ac3.AC3Info

Bases: StreamInfo

AC3 stream information. The length of the stream is just a guess and might not be correct.

channels

number of audio channels

Type:

int

length

file length in seconds, as a float

Type:

float

sample_rate

audio sampling rate in Hz

Type:

int

bitrate

audio bitrate, in bits per second

Type:

int

codec

ac-3 or ec-3 (Enhanced AC-3)

Type:

str

pprint()
Returns:

Print stream information

Return type:

text