retrieve the metadata from an MP3 file

def get_audio_metadata_old(fname):
    """ retrieve the metadata from an MP3 file """
    audio_dict = {}
    print("IDv2 tag info for %s:" % fname)
    try:
        audio = mutagenx.id3.ID3(fname, translate=False)
    except StandardError as err:
        print("ERROR = " + str(err))
    #else:
        #print(audio.pprint().encode("utf-8", "replace"))
        #for frame in audio.values():
        #    print(repr(frame))
    
    try:
        audio_dict["title"] = audio["title"]
    except KeyError:
        print("No title")
        
    try:
        audio_dict["artist"] = audio["artist"] # tags['TPE1'] 
    except KeyError:
        print("No artist")
        
    try:
        audio_dict["album"] = audio["album"]
    except KeyError:
        print("No album")
        
    try:
        audio_dict["length"] = audio["length"]
    except KeyError:
        print("No length")
        
    #pprint.pprint(audio.tags)
        
    return audio_dict