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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Does RockBox Support ID3v1.2 tags?Re: Does RockBox Support ID3v1.2 tags?
From: Linus Nielsen Feltzing <linus_at_haxx.se>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 01:56:53 +0200 Brent Geery wrote: > Because some people use them? What other reason would be needed. :) > Seriously, don't you think it would be cool to be the one hardware > device that support them? Just another reason for someone to join > our community, vs choosing another device. It would be easy to implement, I just don't see the need for it, since ID3V2 works. > I don't really hate them, I just don't think their design is all that > brilliant. The standard seems to be so poorly written, that much > software/hardware implements the standard incorrectly, leading to > incompatibilities in software and hardware players. I agree that they could have thought some things through a little more. But the 1.2 "standard" doesn't solve half of the problems that ID3V2 targets. Think Unicode, for example. > ID3v1.x are more appropriate to the uses of most users, and much less > problem-pron. Not a big deal when using a player like the rockbox, > but as a general rule, I like my MP3s to be as universal playable as > possible. Then don't use the 1.2 "standard", since very few players will be able to read those tags. /Linus Received on 2003-04-21 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |