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Xezzy

Apr 23 2008, 15:34

Sorry, but I have to ask. Is foobar2000 REALLY id3v2.4 compliant? If so, is there any reason why other media players aren't? (cause all foobar tagged files looks like mess in any other player. Couldn't find program that can read those tags properly.)

grommet

Apr 23 2008, 15:39

QUOTE(Xezzy @ Apr 23 2008, 14:34)

Yes, it seems to be as compliant as you can get. But I'm not sure what you mean by "mess" in other players...

Anyway, the bigger problem is that ID3v2.4 isn't very popular and will likely never become the de facto standard. If compatibility is a concern, enable foobar2000's ID3 'compatibility mode' so it uses ID3v2.3 and move on.

shakey_snake

Apr 23 2008, 17:26

@grommet
The (purposely) broken tags "compatibility mode" writes could hardly be called ID3v2.3

@xezzy
MP3tag reads ID3v2.4 tags properly, as does Rockbox.

eevan

Apr 24 2008, 03:09

QUOTE(shakey_snake @ Apr 24 2008, 00:26)

@grommet
The (purposely) broken tags "compatibility mode" writes could hardly be called ID3v2.3

@xezzy
MP3tag reads ID3v2.4 tags properly, as does Rockbox.

Exactly. MP3Tag can also write ID3v2.3 tags if one needs them.

larswes

Apr 24 2008, 04:32

QUOTE(shakey_snake @ Apr 24 2008, 01:26)

@grommet
The (purposely) broken tags "compatibility mode" writes could hardly be called ID3v2.3

MP3tag reads those fb2k "broken tags" properly and identifies them as ID3v2.3 tags. How are they broken?
What's the difference between the tags that fb2k writes ("compatibility mode") and those written by MP3Tag (ID3v2.3)?

I'm about to clean up the tags (and tag the untagged files) in my mp3 library, not yet decided what kinda tags to use...

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