From: Fred Maxwell <rockbox_at_anti-spam.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:59:40 -0400

Johan Vromans wrote:

> I have a couple of (actually, several) MP3s that fail to
> correctly display their ID3v2 tags. My guess is that this is
> caused by strange tags or tag contents.

1. What programs, other than Rockbox, are you using to display the tags?
(e.g. WinAmp, MusicMatch Jukebox, MP3EXT, etc.)

2. Do other programs display the tags correctly?

3. Is it ID3V2 tags only or are there problems with ID3V1 tags?

4. Have you tried any external ID3 tag editors to see what they see? I
like MP3/Tag Studio which can be found at:
http://www.magnusbrading.com/mp3ts/

> I've put an example on http://www.squirrel.nl/pub/xfer/rb20031016.mp3

I downloaded it, but it was only 22kb long. NeroMix showed no MP3 tag info
for it and I'm afraid I don't have anything else at hand here at work.

> id3v2 tag info for rb20031016.mp3:
> TLEN (Length): 194000
> TYER (Year): 1974
> APIC (Attached picture): ()[, 0]: image/jpg, 13383 bytes
> TIT2 (Title/songname/content description): An Gabhar Bán
> TPE1 (Lead performer(s)/Soloist(s)): Clannad
> TALB (Album/Movie/Show title): Clannad 2
> COMM (Comments): ()[eng]: Track 1
> TCON (Content type): Blues Celtic
> TENC (Encoded by): Exact Audio Copy (Burst mode)
> TRCK (Track number/Position in set): 1

Are you saying that the information above is in the MP3 but is wrong, should
be in the MP3 but isn't, or something else? Sorry if I'm being dense, but
I'm not sure what you mean with the above.

Regards,
  Fred Maxwell
Received on 2003-10-16