diff -Naur vorbis-tools-1.0/ogg123/cmdline_options.c vorbis-tools-1.0-ml1/ogg123/cmdline_options.c
--- vorbis-tools-1.0/ogg123/cmdline_options.c	2002-07-11 02:44:39.000000000 +0000
+++ vorbis-tools-1.0-ml1/ogg123/cmdline_options.c	2003-09-26 20:26:10.000000000 +0000
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     {"config", optional_argument, 0, 'c'},
     {"device", required_argument, 0, 'd'},
     {"file", required_argument, 0, 'f'},
+    {"comment-file", required_argument, 0, 'g'},
     {"skip", required_argument, 0, 'k'},
     {"delay", required_argument, 0, 'l'},
     {"device-option", required_argument, 0, 'o'},
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@
   audio_device_t *current;
   int ret;
 
-  while (-1 != (ret = getopt_long(argc, argv, "b:c::d:f:hl:k:o:p:qvVx:y:z@:",
+  while (-1 != (ret = getopt_long(argc, argv, "b:c::d:f:g:hl:k:o:p:qvVx:y:z@:",
 				  long_options, &option_index))) {
 
       switch (ret) {
@@ -136,6 +137,11 @@
 	}
 	break;
 
+	case 'g':
+	  free(ogg123_opts->comment_output_file);
+	  ogg123_opts->comment_output_file = strdup(optarg);
+	  break;
+
 	case 'k':
 	  ogg123_opts->seekpos = atof(optarg);
 	  break;
@@ -284,6 +290,8 @@
 	 "      man page for more info.\n"
 	 "  -b n, --buffer n  use an input buffer of 'n' kilobytes\n"
 	 "  -p n, --prebuffer n  load n%% of the input buffer before playing\n"
+	 "  -g, --comment-file=filename  Store vorbiscomment for current metadata\n"
+	 "      in file specified\n"
 	 "  -v, --verbose  display progress and other status information\n"
 	 "  -q, --quiet    don't display anything (no title)\n"
 	 "  -x n, --nth    play every 'n'th block\n"
@@ -293,4 +301,5 @@
 	 "ogg123 will skip to the next song on SIGINT (Ctrl-C); two SIGINTs within\n"
 	 "s milliseconds make ogg123 terminate.\n"
 	 "  -l, --delay=s  set s [milliseconds] (default 500).\n"));
+	 
 }
diff -Naur vorbis-tools-1.0/ogg123/ogg123.1 vorbis-tools-1.0-ml1/ogg123/ogg123.1
--- vorbis-tools-1.0/ogg123/ogg123.1	2002-07-12 02:24:49.000000000 +0000
+++ vorbis-tools-1.0-ml1/ogg123/ogg123.1	2003-09-26 20:24:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 .B -b
 .I buffer_size 
 ] [
+.B -g
+.I filename
+] [
 .B -d
 .I driver 
 [
@@ -64,6 +67,11 @@
 .IP "-p n, --prebuffer n"
 Prebuffer 'n' percent of the input buffer.  Playback won't begin until
 this prebuffer is complete.
+.IP "-g filename, --comment-file=filename"
+Write the vorbiscomment metadata of the current stream to the specified
+file. Each time the metadata is updated, this file will be overwritten. The
+path to this file should exist, but the file itself will be created if not
+found, or overwritten if it is.
 .IP "-d device, --device device"
 Specify output device.  See
 .B DEVICES
diff -Naur vorbis-tools-1.0/ogg123/ogg123.c vorbis-tools-1.0-ml1/ogg123/ogg123.c
--- vorbis-tools-1.0/ogg123/ogg123.c	2002-07-06 19:12:18.000000000 +0000
+++ vorbis-tools-1.0-ml1/ogg123/ogg123.c	2003-09-26 19:42:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@
 
   opts->status_freq = 10.0;
   opts->playlist = NULL;
+  
+  opts->comment_output_file = NULL;
 
 }
 
diff -Naur vorbis-tools-1.0/ogg123/ogg123.h vorbis-tools-1.0-ml1/ogg123/ogg123.h
--- vorbis-tools-1.0/ogg123/ogg123.h	2002-07-06 19:12:18.000000000 +0000
+++ vorbis-tools-1.0-ml1/ogg123/ogg123.h	2003-09-26 19:42:41.000000000 +0000
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
   double status_freq;         /* Number of status updates per second */
 
   playlist_t *playlist;       /* List of files to play */
+  
+  char *comment_output_file;  /* File to write current vorbiscomment to */
 } ogg123_options_t;
 
 typedef struct signal_request_t {
diff -Naur vorbis-tools-1.0/ogg123/oggvorbis_format.c vorbis-tools-1.0-ml1/ogg123/oggvorbis_format.c
--- vorbis-tools-1.0/ogg123/oggvorbis_format.c	2002-07-19 10:31:53.000000000 +0000
+++ vorbis-tools-1.0-ml1/ogg123/oggvorbis_format.c	2003-09-26 20:08:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
   int bos; /* At beginning of logical bitstream */
 
   decoder_stats_t stats;
+  
+  char *commentfile;
 } ovf_private_t;
 
 /* Forward declarations */
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@
 char *lookup_comment_prettyprint (char *comment, int *offset);
 void print_stream_comments (decoder_t *decoder);
 void print_stream_info (decoder_t *decoder);
+void store_stream_comments (decoder_t *decoder);
 
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -102,6 +105,7 @@
     private->stats.current_time = 0.0;
     private->stats.instant_bitrate = 0;
     private->stats.avg_bitrate = 0;
+    private->commentfile = ogg123_opts->comment_output_file;
   } else {
     fprintf(stderr, _("Error: Out of memory.\n"));
     exit(1);
@@ -140,6 +144,7 @@
     decoder->actual_fmt.channels = priv->vi->channels;
 
     print_stream_comments(decoder);
+    store_stream_comments(decoder);
     print_stream_info(decoder);
     priv->bos = 0;
   }
@@ -419,3 +424,26 @@
 		      _("Encoded by: %s"), priv->vc->vendor);
 }
 
+void store_stream_comments (decoder_t *decoder)
+{
+  ovf_private_t *priv = decoder->private;
+  decoder_callbacks_t *cb = decoder->callbacks;
+  char *comment, *filename;
+  FILE *outfile;
+  int i;
+
+  
+  if (cb == NULL || cb->printf_metadata == NULL)
+    return;
+
+  filename = priv->commentfile;
+  if( (filename == NULL) || ((outfile=fopen(filename,"w")) == NULL) ){
+    return;
+  }
+
+  for (i = 0; i < priv->vc->comments; i++) {
+    comment = priv->vc->user_comments[i];
+    fprintf(outfile, "%s\n", comment);
+  }
+  fclose(outfile);
+}