i'm trying to explain a concept i don't understand over at winamp, so i know experts here can do so better than i.
i have gotten them to no longer delete TCMP frames, (bad bug) and that should be in 5.63 when its released, along with some other decent improvments. while they are working on the tag parser, i want to at least get them thinking about how other apps do things so they can support it to some degree, or at least do no harm. i am pretty sure i have a handle on separator characters. a file has a tag, like vorbis or id3v2.3, and a field/frame in that tag has a value in it that is "separated" by a character specified to the app. so for example: TPE1=Paul Simon;Art Garfunkel or ARTIST=Paul Simon;Art Garfunkel and ; is specified, so the app knows to enter two artists into the DB for the one file/song. so the first Q is, how does an app decide which frames it will support such characters? the second Q is, does a standard for this exist anywhere, or is it just an ad-hoc invention? PART 2: multiple fields/frames in a tag is a huge grey area to me. i know mp3tag does it, but i don't know what else does it, and more importantly, i don't know HOW it does it? would a files tag actually have MORE than one frame called TPE1? so like this: TPE1=Paul Simon TPE1=Art Garfunkel is it actually stored in the file that way? meaning, is TPE1 there twice, or is there only one TPE1 frame thats been hacked somehow? how many multiple frames can there be? and how do you do it in mp3tag? do you do two // characters to inject multiple frames, (where // acts as a separator?) how do you know if a file has multiple frames? can u tell in grid view? can any frame be made into multiple frames? does a standard for this exist anywhere, or is it just an ad-hoc invention? thx for any clarifications! -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 & droid (my home) / duet & ipeng (parents' home) - sbs 7.5.5b - win7 ie9 & xp pro sp3 - p4(ht) 3.2ghz, 2gig ram - 1tb wd usb2 raid1 - d-link dir-655 - 49k+ mp3/flac ::VOTE FOR 'BUG 15604' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15604)!!!:: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89940 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
