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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: id3v2 incompatibilityRe: id3v2 incompatibility
From: Jon Drukman <jsd_at_cluttered.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 17:29:27 -0800 At 03:33 PM 1/8/2004, Linus Nielsen Feltzing wrote: >Jon Drukman wrote: >>it seems like rockbox doesn't like the id3v2 generated by this utility. >>i confirmed this by tagging a file with K-MP3, then loading it in >>rockbox. the artist/title shows up as just dots. > >I'd say that K-MP3 behaves badly as it doesn't include a BOM word first in >the Unicode strings, and it stores the 16-bit characters with the least >significant byte first. > > From the ID3V2.3 specification: > >"Unicode strings must begin with the Unicode BOM ($FF FE or $FE FF) to >identify the byte order." > >I suggest you contact Katarn about this and have them fix their tag >generator. In the mean time, I'll try to make Rockbox guess the byte order >in the unicode strings. i've sent your info on to the developer. thanks. -jsd- Received on 2004-01-09 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |