Alexander Leidinger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On 1 Okt, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > Embedding the encoder version in the id3 tags -- now *that* would be
> > analogous to what you described.
> But embedding it into the ID3 tag has a purpose. It's easy to see which
> MP3 should better be reencoded from the source to get better quality. I
> use the comment field for this.
That's fine -- it's your decision, and the comment field is there for you,
the user, to use.
But the ID3v1 tags are VERY small, and each byte is a precious resource.
(ID3v2 has room to spare, but if you're talking about "comment" you're
using ID3v1.) If the encoder took up the 30-byte ID3v1 comment field to
advertise itself (rendering it unavailable to the user), I'd be appalled,
and I'd understand Jeremy's objections.
But it doesn't, of course.
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