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Posted by John on 11/22/06 19:49
The ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags aren't necessarily synchronized, so you should
make sure that they are both using the same tag type. Changes to the
ID3v1 file are very easy to see, since the ID3v1 is stored as the last
128bytes of the file -- you could use a Hex file viewer like the
freeware xvi32 to directly view that content.
One other thought is that some programs will keep the information in an
internal database, and will only scan the file content the first time
it is located.
John
http://www.mp3-boss.com
JW wrote:
> I haven't determined which format the files use but I'm talking about
> something both formats recognize...album name. I accidentally changed the
> album name for a group that had multiple albums to one album and then
> decided this would be a good time to check out my suspicions. when I
> checked it with another program, the names were as they should be...not what
> I changed them to in the other program. Joe
>
> "John" <google-post@mp3-boss.com> wrote in message
> news:1164205874.887378.195750@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > The answer is a firm "it depends". Normally, changes WILL be written
> > directly to the mp3 file, but even when they are written to the music
> > file, you might not see the changes when using another music program.
> >
> > First, there are two widely used tagging formats out there -- ID3v1 &
> > ID3v2 tagging. The ID3v1 format is very simple, and limited to only
> > artist/album/title/track and short comment. The ID3v2 tagging format
> > is very flexible, which is great in that it allows you to store almost
> > anything you want in the file -- but not all of the fields will be
> > supported by all of the programs. Also, some of the music programs
> > will create custom fields that only they know about (early versions of
> > MusicMatch did this, but later versions standardized on the more
> > commonly used ID3v2 tags).
> >
> > So...the first thing to look at is whether you are writing ID3v1 or
> > ID3v2 tags, and whether both programs are using the same tagging
> > format. Most programs today support at least the most common ID3v2
> > fields, and every program I'm aware of supports IDv1 tagging.
> >
> > John
> > http://www.mp3-boss.com
> >
> >
> > JW wrote:
> >> I wanted to find out if anyone here could answer this...are changes made
> >> in
> >> Musicmatch, Mediamonkey, Fixtunes, etc. made directly to your files and
> >> stay
> >> that way no matter where they are accessed or are the changes made only
> >> for
> >> that particular program? The reason I ask this is because I made some
> >> updates in Musicmatch to a certain group and then accessed the same group
> >> in
> >> Mediamonkey and the changes didn't show up. Thanks
> >
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