How can I determine the bitrate type of mp3 files with Python?

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How to determine the type of the bitrate used for an mp3 file, e.g. CBR, VBR or ABR?

score 20 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 25 '20 at 16:59

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mutagen works for me. Here is an excerpt from one of my scripts.

from mutagen.mp3 import MP3

f = MP3(musicfile)
bitrate = f.info.bitrate / 1000

edited Mar 25 '20 at 16:59

Nico Schlömer

answered Mar 16 '11 at 21:59

Martin Tournoij

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You can use `f = mutagen.File(musicfile)` to not be tied to MP3. – mdeff Oct 17 '17 at 16:08

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