MP3-to-RSS2 Feed

Python 3 script to create a RSS2 feed for all MP3 files in a directory, suitable for all podcast players.

Requirements

Python 3 with modules "mutagen" and "urllib3" (On Debian/Ubuntu/Mint: sudo apt install python3 python3-mutagen python3-urllib3)

Usage

./mp3-to-rss2feed.py <directory-with-mp3-files> <title-of-your-feed> <URL-to-mp3-files> [image-URL]

The script examines all MP3 files in the and reads their ID3 tags. With the retrieved information the script builds a RSS2 podcast feed with your desired feed title, and saves it as <directory-with-mp3-files>/podcast.xml.

Optional: If an image URL is given, it will be used as the feed's cover image.

Example

Your MP3 files are in directory "/data/mp3files/" and accessible via "https://example.net/mypodcast/". You want to have a nice RSS2 feed for them, to be able to subscribe and listen to them with your favourite podcast client:

./mp3-to-rss2feed.py "/data/mp3files/" "My Podcast" "https://example.net/mypodcast/" https://example.net/images/mypodcast.jpg

Now you can subscribe in your podcast player to: https://example.net/mypodcast/podcast.xml

Supported ID3 Tag frames

The script can make use of this frames:

• TIT2 (Title)
• COMM (Description)
• TLEN (Duration)
• CHAP (Chapters)
• TYER, TDAT, TIME, TRDC, TDRL (Publication Date)
• WOAS, WORS (Link)