On 2 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.
Yes. Even as someone with write access to LAME the comment field is
there for me 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
Yes.
> advertise itself (rendering it unavailable to the user), I'd be appalled,
I didn't want to suggest to use the comment field. I just wanted to show
an usefull example for an even more visible "LAME-sticker".
Bye,
Alexander.
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