Below is the list of tags which I have come to support in my version of
the id3 util found in the id3lib. My www.muzikbrowzer.com uses TCON TPE1
TALB TIT2 TRCK TLEN TYER APIC.
I use TLEN as sort of a suggestion. I will display TLEN if present (in
appropriate places) but then if/when I have the opportunity to calculate
the actual duration then I override the TLEN. TYER I use for displaying
albums in order of release date.
$ /usr/local/bin/id3
id3 [options] <file> # w/out options display tag info. options:
-v <value> # id3 version (1 or 2)
-dt # delete tag (version 1 or 2 if specified else both
-df <value> # delete tag field
-getart <value> # getart, writes to <file>
-TCON <value> # genre
-TPE1 <value> # artist
-TALB <value> # album
-TIT2 <value> # title
-TRCK <value> # track
-TLEN <value> # length
-TYER <value> # year
-TPOS <value> # part in set
-TPUB <value> # publisher
-UFID <value> # ufid
-TMED <value> # dig...
-COMM <value> # comment
-APIC <value> # art file, reads from <file>
Cheers
Post by Jud WhiteHi Paul,
ID3v2.3 is most supported.
TALB
TYER
TIT2
TPE1
TRCK
TCON
APIC
It's worth noting iTunes APIC bug in ID3v2.4 - they don't sync safe
the frame size. It's not just APIC but it's probably most noticeable
in this frame. If you want to remain consistent with the written spec
when writing tags and still have iTunes pick up the APIC frame put it
at the end of the tag, they'll overread but truncate before padding.
Works for 1 picture anyway. Again that's just ID3v2.4.
I'd just write text in TCON, forget ID3v1 genres, except for reading.
[[ <clonk><clonk> Is this thing on? ]]
Greetings. Has someone compiled a list of common MP3 hardware/software
players and the ID3v2 tags that they use for display? As I write some
software, I want to be sure I'm adding the tags that will be useful in
most/all players.
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