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MP3

Strip an MP3 of all metadata, not just ID tags:

avconv -i source.mp3 -write_xing 0 -id3v2_version 0 -map_metadata -1 -acodec copy no_metadata.mp3

See here for documentation of mapping tags using avconv.

Set metadata title:

avconv -i source.mp3 -metadata title="MP3 Title" -acodec copy title.mp3

Set title, album, track number:

avconv -i source.mp3 -metadata title="Highway to Danger" -metadata album="Knight Rider" -metadata track=1 -acodec copy metadata.mp3

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