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and subject line Re: Bug#449186: libid3: Silently ignores unsupported ID3v2
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regarding libid3: Silently ignores unsupported ID3v2 version
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Package: libid3-3.8.3c2a
Version: 3.8.3-7
Severity: normal
File: libid3
I have some MP3s with ID3 v2.4 tags, but this version of libid3
apparently only supports v2.3. So when trying to list tags in these
files (using the id3v2 tool), it ignores the v2 tags and goes straight
to the v1 tags; if there are no v1 tags, it incorrectly states there are
no ID3 tags. Editing is even worse: it simply overwrites existing v2
tags (except those set explicitly) from the v1 tags.
If it doesn't try to read the v2 tags, it should at least print a
message saying it can't read them because the version is unsupported.
And never overwrite existing v2 tags (including unsupported versions)
unless told to do so!
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (60, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.19.2-ddawson-pom
Locale: LANG=en_US.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO-8859-15 (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages libid3-3.8.3c2a depends on:
ii libc6 2.6.1-1+b1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.2.1-4 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.2.1-4 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-6 compression library - runtime
libid3-3.8.3c2a recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
retitle 449186 libid3: Silently ignores unsupported ID3v2 version
reassign 309278 src:id3lib3.8.3
severity 309278 wishlist
thanks
I reconsidered: request for ID3v2.4 support is already requested by
#309278. Hence, I'm closing #449186.
Martin
On Fri, Jun 19, 2026 at 11:57:12 +0200, Martin Godisch wrote:
> retitle 449186 libid3: request for ID3v2.4 support
> severity 449186 wishlist
> thanks
>
> id3lib3.8.3_3.8.3-22 addresses the "silently ignores" part of this bug
> report: A one-line notice is printed to stderr when a v2 tag header
> reports a version newer than ID3v2.3.0 or an unrecognised version (e.g.
> ID3v2.4), instead of discarding the tag silently.
>
> No ID3v2.4 parsing capability has been added (yet). I leave this bug
> report open as a wishlist request for ID3v2.4 support.
>
> Martin
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