mp3/audio tag compatible with iTunes

I tried to export some files from my iTunes (mp3 and mp4) and i see that the information like album and artist are not displaying right in Tunenet... i really think Tunenet should use same format as iTunes...

@ikir

Could this help you ? :

http://www.os4depot.net/index.php?fun ... r/filesystem/ipoddisk.lha

@ikir

I have no probs using mp3 or AAC mp4s here with TuneNet,
All are displayed fine, perhaps you could go into more detail as to describe the problem?
eg how do they display in iTunes and what happens in TuneNet?

@ikir

IIRC Tunenet only supports certain versions of tags. For instance, I encode all of my MP3s using BladeEnc which uses a tagging scheme that's not as up to date as Tunenet's, so they don't show.

@amipal

BladeEnc doesn't add tags to MP3's at all, you need freedb and rexxtracks(?) to add tags easily

@ikir

Hi,

Only idv3.2 MP3 tags are supported currently in the MP3 replayer for TuneNet. Is it all iTunes MP3 files which cause problems, or just some that are not being displayed?

Also as Curty said can you give me more info on what the problem is. Do you get any detail at all, is it in the wrong place, etc..?

I remember having to put in a work around in my code to decode iTunes MP3 tags correctly, as certain versions of iTunes screwed up idv3.2 format.

Cheers,
Bean.

P.S. For anyone that is interested the next version is on the road to completion, see www.tunenet.co.uk (by end of May).

@Severin

Eep, sorry, meant MPEGencGUI...

@bean

Quote:

/me drools

can't wait, can't wait...where does @bean live again?

OK i've copied an mp3 from my iTunes.

-iTunes
Name: Red
Artist: Ten
Album: Speelbound
Genre: Hard Rock
Count: 2

-TuneNet
Artist: Local File
Album: ikir:Red.mp3 (this the actual OS4 path it can't be in iTunes).
Genre: (nothing)
Count: 2 (this is right!!)

@ikir

Thanks for the example MP3. The reason why TuneNet couldn't read it was I have only implemented ID3 V2.3 tags (the most common type), your file is of type ID3 V2.2.

After reading up on the spec of the earlier version I've now updated my TAG reading program and version 2.2 is now supported as well - see my debug output below.

Expect 2.2 tag support in the next version of TN. You'll notice that embedded pics are also read in, but I can't guarentee TN will support them just yet.

Cheers,
Paul.


7.DataArea:Code/IDV3.2> idv32 ram:Red.mp3
** idv32: ? 2005/2006 by Paul Heams **

Compiled with examine mode on

Clearing pointers
Reading File
IDV3 tag found
version 2
[0 6 26 6b]Size of header is 103275 bytes
ID : TT2 (Size of block is 5 bytes)
String type = 0
ID : TP1 (Size of block is 5 bytes)
String type = 0
ID : TAL (Size of block is 12 bytes)
String type = 0
ID : PIC - (Size of block is 103217 bytes)
comparing images..Mime Type = PNG (4) Read in Picture Number = 0, Description: PNG

(1), First HEX of binary = 50

Attached Picture
ID : TCO (Size of block is 6 bytes)
String type = 0
genre 79
************************************
** Found 5 bits of requested info **
************************************
[Title ] : Red
[Artist ] : Ten
[Band ] :
[Album ] : Spellbound
[Genre ] : Hard Rock
[BPM ] :
[Copyright] :
[Comment ] :
[Image 0 ] : 0x6a38e000
[Image 1 ] : 0x000000
[Image 2 ] : 0x000000
[Image 3 ] : 0x000000
[Image 4 ] : 0x000000
Free Image (object 10)

@bean

Well done! Thanks!