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  1. checksums.yaml +4 -4
  2. data/README.md +46 -6
  3. data/lib/id3tag.rb +14 -4
  4. data/lib/id3tag/audio_file.rb +10 -4
  5. data/lib/id3tag/configuration.rb +43 -2
  6. data/lib/id3tag/configuration_struct.rb +13 -0
  7. data/lib/id3tag/encoding_util.rb +1 -1
  8. data/lib/id3tag/frames/v2/text_frame.rb +4 -2
  9. data/lib/id3tag/id3_v2_frame_parser.rb +13 -9
  10. data/lib/id3tag/string_util.rb +1 -1
  11. data/lib/id3tag/version.rb +1 -1
  12. metadata +21 -110
  13. data/.document +0 -5
  14. data/.gitignore +0 -8
  15. data/.rspec +0 -1
  16. data/.travis.yml +0 -14
  17. data/Gemfile +0 -4
  18. data/Rakefile +0 -24
  19. data/id3tag.gemspec +0 -28
  20. data/spec/features/can_read_non_audio_files_spec.rb +0 -17
  21. data/spec/features/can_read_tag_v1_spec.rb +0 -15
  22. data/spec/fixtures/id3v1_and_v2.mp3 +0 -0
  23. data/spec/fixtures/id3v1_with_track_nr.mp3 +0 -0
  24. data/spec/fixtures/id3v1_without_track_nr.mp3 +0 -0
  25. data/spec/fixtures/id3v2.mp3 +0 -0
  26. data/spec/fixtures/pov_20131018-2100a.mp3.v1_tag_body +0 -0
  27. data/spec/fixtures/pov_20131018-2100a.mp3.v2_3_tag_body +0 -0
  28. data/spec/fixtures/signals_1.mp3.v2_3_tag_body +0 -0
  29. data/spec/id3tag_extract_tags +0 -18
  30. data/spec/lib/id3tag/audio_file_spec.rb +0 -131
  31. data/spec/lib/id3tag/frames/util/genre_name_by_id_finder_spec.rb +0 -18
  32. data/spec/lib/id3tag/frames/v1/comments_frame_spec.rb +0 -39
  33. data/spec/lib/id3tag/frames/v1/genre_frame_spec.rb +0 -20
  34. data/spec/lib/id3tag/frames/v1/text_frame_spec.rb +0 -14
  35. data/spec/lib/id3tag/frames/v1/track_nr_frame_spec.rb +0 -19
  36. data/spec/lib/id3tag/frames/v2/basic_frame_spec.rb +0 -140
  37. data/spec/lib/id3tag/frames/v2/comments_frame_spec.rb +0 -45
  38. data/spec/lib/id3tag/frames/v2/frame_fabricator_spec.rb +0 -70
  39. data/spec/lib/id3tag/frames/v2/frame_flags_spec.rb +0 -588
  40. data/spec/lib/id3tag/frames/v2/genre_frame/genre_parser_24_spec.rb +0 -26
  41. data/spec/lib/id3tag/frames/v2/genre_frame/genre_parser_pre_24_spec.rb +0 -48
  42. data/spec/lib/id3tag/frames/v2/genre_frame/genre_parser_spec.rb +0 -13
  43. data/spec/lib/id3tag/frames/v2/genre_frame_spec.rb +0 -61
  44. data/spec/lib/id3tag/frames/v2/picture_frame_spec.rb +0 -127
  45. data/spec/lib/id3tag/frames/v2/text_frame_spec.rb +0 -89
  46. data/spec/lib/id3tag/frames/v2/unique_file_id_frame_spec.rb +0 -31
  47. data/spec/lib/id3tag/frames/v2/user_text_frame_spec.rb +0 -34
  48. data/spec/lib/id3tag/id3_v1_frame_parser_spec.rb +0 -71
  49. data/spec/lib/id3tag/id3_v2_frame_parser_spec.rb +0 -32
  50. data/spec/lib/id3tag/id3_v2_tag_header_spec.rb +0 -149
  51. data/spec/lib/id3tag/id3tag_spec.rb +0 -17
  52. data/spec/lib/id3tag/io_util_spec.rb +0 -30
  53. data/spec/lib/id3tag/number_util_spec.rb +0 -32
  54. data/spec/lib/id3tag/string_util_spec.rb +0 -66
  55. data/spec/lib/id3tag/synchsafe_integer_spec.rb +0 -14
  56. data/spec/lib/id3tag/tag_spec.rb +0 -352
  57. data/spec/spec_helper.rb +0 -23
  58. data/spec/support/mp3_fixtures.rb +0 -4
  59. data/standard_documents/id3v2-00.txt +0 -1657
  60. data/standard_documents/id3v2.3.0.txt +0 -2022
  61. data/standard_documents/id3v2.4.0-frames.txt +0 -1732
  62. data/standard_documents/id3v2.4.0-structure.txt +0 -732
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- Informal standard M. Nilsson
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- Document: id3v2-00.txt 26th March 1998
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- ID3 tag version 2
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-
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- Status of this document
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-
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- This document is an Informal standard and is released so that
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- implementors could have a set standard before the formal standard is
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- set. The formal standard will use another version number if not
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- identical to what is described in this document. The contents in this
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- document may change for clarifications but never for added or altered
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- functionallity.
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-
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- Distribution of this document is unlimited.
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-
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-
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- Abstract
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-
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- The recent gain of popularity for MPEG layer III audio files on the
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- internet forced a standardised way of storing information about an
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- audio file within itself to determinate its origin and contents.
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- Today the most accepted way to do this is with the so called ID3 tag,
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- which is simple but very limited and in some cases very unsuitable.
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- The ID3 tag has very limited space in every field, very limited
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- numbers of fields, not expandable or upgradeable and is placed at the
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- end of a the file, which is unsuitable for streaming audio. This draft
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- is an attempt to answer these issues with a new version of the ID3
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- tag.
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- 1. Table of contents
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- 2. Conventions in this document
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- 3. ID3v2 overview
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- 3.1. ID3v2 header
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- 3.2. ID3v2 frames overview
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- 4. Declared ID3v2 frames
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- 4.1. Unique file identifier
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- 4.2. Text information frames
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- 4.2.1. Text information frames - details
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- 4.2.2. User defined text information frame
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- 4.3. URL link frames
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- 4.3.1. URL link frames - details
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- 4.3.2. User defined URL link frame
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- 4.4. Involved people list
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- 4.5. Music CD Identifier
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- 4.6. Event timing codes
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- 4.7. MPEG location lookup table
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- 4.8. Synced tempo codes
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- 4.9. Unsychronised lyrics/text transcription
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- 4.10. Synchronised lyrics/text
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- 4.11. Comments
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- 4.12. Relative volume adjustment
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- 4.13. Equalisation
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- 4.14. Reverb
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- 4.15. Attached picture
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- 4.16. General encapsulated object
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- 4.17. Play counter
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- 4.18. Popularimeter
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- 4.19. Recommended buffer size
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- 4.20. Encrypted meta frame
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- 4.21. Audio encryption
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- 4.22. Linked information
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- 5. The 'unsynchronisation scheme'
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- 6. Copyright
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- 7. References
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- 8. Appendix
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- A. Appendix A - ID3-Tag Specification V1.1
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- A.1. Overview
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- A.2. ID3v1 Implementation
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- A.3. Genre List
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- A.4. Track addition - ID3v1.1
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- 9. Author's Address
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- 2. Conventions in this document
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- In the examples, text within "" is a text string exactly as it appears
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- in a file. Numbers preceded with $ are hexadecimal and numbers
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- preceded with % are binary. $xx is used to indicate a byte with
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- unknown content. %x is used to indicate a bit with unknown content.
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- The most significant bit (MSB) of a byte is called 'bit 7' and the
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- least significant bit (LSB) is called 'bit 0'.
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- A tag is the whole tag described in this document. A frame is a block
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- of information in the tag. The tag consists of a header, frames and
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- optional padding. A field is a piece of information; one value, a
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- string etc. A numeric string is a string that consists of the
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- 3. ID3v2 overview
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- The two biggest design goals were to be able to implement ID3v2
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- The first criterion is met by the simple fact that the MPEG [MPEG]
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- decoding software uses a syncsignal, embedded in the audiostream, to
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- syncsignal, no software will attempt to play the tag. If, for any
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- 5.
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- The second criterion has made a more noticeable impact on the design
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- of the ID3v2 tag. It is constructed as a container for several
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- information blocks, called frames, whose format need not be known to
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- If a total revision of the ID3v2 tag should be needed, there is a
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- version number and a size descriptor in the ID3v2 header.
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- The ID3 tag described in this document is mainly targeted to files
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- encoded with MPEG-2 layer I, MPEG-2 layer II, MPEG-2 layer III and
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- MPEG-2.5, but may work with other types of encoded audio.
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- The bitorder in ID3v2 is most significant bit first (MSB). The
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- It is permitted to include padding after all the final frame (at the
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- smaller than the size given in the head of the tag. A possible purpose
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- The ID3v2 tag header, which should be the first information in the
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- The first bit (bit 7) in the 'ID3 flags' is indicating whether or not
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- made in the same frame, e.g. "(51)(39)". If the refinement should
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- begin with a "(" character it should be replaced with "((", e.g. "((I
405
- can figure out any genre)" or "(55)((I think...)". The following new
406
- content types is defined in ID3v2 and is implemented in the same way
407
- as the numerig content types, e.g. "(RX)".
408
-
409
- RX Remix
410
- CR Cover
411
-
412
- TAL
413
- The 'Album/Movie/Show title' frame is intended for the title of the
414
- recording(/source of sound) which the audio in the file is taken from.
415
-
416
- TPA
417
- The 'Part of a set' frame is a numeric string that describes which
418
- part of a set the audio came from. This frame is used if the source
419
- described in the "TAL" frame is divided into several mediums, e.g. a
420
- double CD. The value may be extended with a "/" character and a
421
- numeric string containing the total number of parts in the set. E.g.
422
- "1/2".
423
-
424
- TRK
425
- The 'Track number/Position in set' frame is a numeric string
426
- containing the order number of the audio-file on its original
427
- recording. This may be extended with a "/" character and a numeric
428
- string containing the total numer of tracks/elements on the original
429
- recording. E.g. "4/9".
430
-
431
- TRC
432
- The 'ISRC' frame should contian the International Standard Recording
433
- Code [ISRC].
434
-
435
- TYE
436
- The 'Year' frame is a numeric string with a year of the recording.
437
- This frames is always four characters long (until the year 10000).
438
-
439
- TDA
440
- The 'Date' frame is a numeric string in the DDMM format containing
441
- the date for the recording. This field is always four characters
442
- long.
443
-
444
- TIM
445
- The 'Time' frame is a numeric string in the HHMM format containing
446
- the time for the recording. This field is always four characters
447
- long.
448
-
449
- TRD
450
- The 'Recording dates' frame is a intended to be used as complement to
451
- the "TYE", "TDA" and "TIM" frames. E.g. "4th-7th June, 12th June" in
452
- combination with the "TYE" frame.
453
-
454
- TMT
455
- The 'Media type' frame describes from which media the sound
456
- originated. This may be a textstring or a reference to the predefined
457
- media types found in the list below. References are made within "("
458
- and ")" and are optionally followed by a text refinement, e.g. "(MC)
459
- with four channels". If a text refinement should begin with a "("
460
- character it should be replaced with "((" in the same way as in the
461
- "TCO" frame. Predefined refinements is appended after the media type,
462
- e.g. "(CD/S)" or "(VID/PAL/VHS)".
463
-
464
- DIG Other digital media
465
- /A Analog transfer from media
466
-
467
- ANA Other analog media
468
- /WAC Wax cylinder
469
- /8CA 8-track tape cassette
470
-
471
- CD CD
472
- /A Analog transfer from media
473
- /DD DDD
474
- /AD ADD
475
- /AA AAD
476
-
477
- LD Laserdisc
478
- /A Analog transfer from media
479
-
480
- TT Turntable records
481
- /33 33.33 rpm
482
- /45 45 rpm
483
- /71 71.29 rpm
484
- /76 76.59 rpm
485
- /78 78.26 rpm
486
- /80 80 rpm
487
-
488
- MD MiniDisc
489
- /A Analog transfer from media
490
-
491
- DAT DAT
492
- /A Analog transfer from media
493
- /1 standard, 48 kHz/16 bits, linear
494
- /2 mode 2, 32 kHz/16 bits, linear
495
- /3 mode 3, 32 kHz/12 bits, nonlinear, low speed
496
- /4 mode 4, 32 kHz/12 bits, 4 channels
497
- /5 mode 5, 44.1 kHz/16 bits, linear
498
- /6 mode 6, 44.1 kHz/16 bits, 'wide track' play
499
-
500
- DCC DCC
501
- /A Analog transfer from media
502
-
503
- DVD DVD
504
- /A Analog transfer from media
505
-
506
- TV Television
507
- /PAL PAL
508
- /NTSC NTSC
509
- /SECAM SECAM
510
-
511
- VID Video
512
- /PAL PAL
513
- /NTSC NTSC
514
- /SECAM SECAM
515
- /VHS VHS
516
- /SVHS S-VHS
517
- /BETA BETAMAX
518
-
519
- RAD Radio
520
- /FM FM
521
- /AM AM
522
- /LW LW
523
- /MW MW
524
-
525
- TEL Telephone
526
- /I ISDN
527
-
528
- MC MC (normal cassette)
529
- /4 4.75 cm/s (normal speed for a two sided cassette)
530
- /9 9.5 cm/s
531
- /I Type I cassette (ferric/normal)
532
- /II Type II cassette (chrome)
533
- /III Type III cassette (ferric chrome)
534
- /IV Type IV cassette (metal)
535
-
536
- REE Reel
537
- /9 9.5 cm/s
538
- /19 19 cm/s
539
- /38 38 cm/s
540
- /76 76 cm/s
541
- /I Type I cassette (ferric/normal)
542
- /II Type II cassette (chrome)
543
- /III Type III cassette (ferric chrome)
544
- /IV Type IV cassette (metal)
545
-
546
- TFT
547
- The 'File type' frame indicates which type of audio this tag defines.
548
- The following type and refinements are defined:
549
-
550
- MPG MPEG Audio
551
- /1 MPEG 2 layer I
552
- /2 MPEG 2 layer II
553
- /3 MPEG 2 layer III
554
- /2.5 MPEG 2.5
555
- /AAC Advanced audio compression
556
-
557
- but other types may be used, not for these types though. This is used
558
- in a similar way to the predefined types in the "TMT" frame, but
559
- without parenthesis. If this frame is not present audio type is
560
- assumed to be "MPG".
561
-
562
- TBP
563
- BPM is short for beats per minute, and is easily computed by
564
- dividing the number of beats in a musical piece with its length. To
565
- get a more accurate result, do the BPM calculation on the main-part
566
- only. To acquire best result measure the time between each beat and
567
- calculate individual BPM for each beat and use the median value as
568
- result. BPM is an integer and represented as a numerical string.
569
-
570
- TCR
571
- The 'Copyright message' frame, which must begin with a year and a
572
- space character (making five characters), is intended for the
573
- copyright holder of the original sound, not the audio file itself. The
574
- absence of this frame means only that the copyright information is
575
- unavailable or has been removed, and must not be interpreted to mean
576
- that the sound is public domain. Every time this field is displayed
577
- the field must be preceded with "Copyright " (C) " ", where (C) is one
578
- character showing a C in a circle.
579
-
580
- TPB
581
- The 'Publisher' frame simply contains the name of the label or
582
- publisher.
583
-
584
- TEN
585
- The 'Encoded by' frame contains the name of the person or
586
- organisation that encoded the audio file. This field may contain a
587
- copyright message, if the audio file also is copyrighted by the
588
- encoder.
589
-
590
- TSS
591
- The 'Software/hardware and settings used for encoding' frame
592
- includes the used audio encoder and its settings when the file was
593
- encoded. Hardware refers to hardware encoders, not the computer on
594
- which a program was run.
595
-
596
- TOF
597
- The 'Original filename' frame contains the preferred filename for the
598
- file, since some media doesn't allow the desired length of the
599
- filename. The filename is case sensitive and includes its suffix.
600
-
601
- TLE
602
- The 'Length' frame contains the length of the audiofile in
603
- milliseconds, represented as a numeric string.
604
-
605
- TSI
606
- The 'Size' frame contains the size of the audiofile in bytes
607
- excluding the tag, represented as a numeric string.
608
-
609
- TDY
610
- The 'Playlist delay' defines the numbers of milliseconds of silence
611
- between every song in a playlist. The player should use the "ETC"
612
- frame, if present, to skip initial silence and silence at the end of
613
- the audio to match the 'Playlist delay' time. The time is represented
614
- as a numeric string.
615
-
616
- TKE
617
- The 'Initial key' frame contains the musical key in which the sound
618
- starts. It is represented as a string with a maximum length of three
619
- characters. The ground keys are represented with "A","B","C","D","E",
620
- "F" and "G" and halfkeys represented with "b" and "#". Minor is
621
- represented as "m". Example "Cbm". Off key is represented with an "o"
622
- only.
623
-
624
- TOT
625
- The 'Original album/Movie/Show title' frame is intended for the title
626
- of the original recording(/source of sound), if for example the music
627
- in the file should be a cover of a previously released song.
628
-
629
- TOA
630
- The 'Original artist(s)/performer(s)' frame is intended for the
631
- performer(s) of the original recording, if for example the music in
632
- the file should be a cover of a previously released song. The
633
- performers are seperated with the "/" character.
634
-
635
- TOL
636
- The 'Original Lyricist(s)/text writer(s)' frame is intended for the
637
- text writer(s) of the original recording, if for example the music in
638
- the file should be a cover of a previously released song. The text
639
- writers are seperated with the "/" character.
640
-
641
- TOR
642
- The 'Original release year' frame is intended for the year when the
643
- original recording, if for example the music in the file should be a
644
- cover of a previously released song, was released. The field is
645
- formatted as in the "TDY" frame.
646
-
647
-
648
- 4.2.2. User defined text information frame
649
-
650
- This frame is intended for one-string text information concerning the
651
- audiofile in a similar way to the other "T"xx frames. The frame body
652
- consists of a description of the string, represented as a terminated
653
- string, followed by the actual string. There may be more than one
654
- "TXX" frame in each tag, but only one with the same description.
655
-
656
- User defined... "TXX"
657
- Frame size $xx xx xx
658
- Text encoding $xx
659
- Description <textstring> $00 (00)
660
- Value <textstring>
661
-
662
-
663
- 4.3. URL link frames
664
-
665
- With these frames dynamic data such as webpages with touring
666
- information, price information or plain ordinary news can be added to
667
- the tag. There may only be one URL [URL] link frame of its kind in an
668
- tag, except when stated otherwise in the frame description. If the
669
- textstring is followed by a termination ($00 (00)) all the following
670
- information should be ignored and not be displayed. All URL link
671
- frames have the following format:
672
-
673
- URL link frame "W00" - "WZZ" , excluding "WXX"
674
- (described in 4.3.2.)
675
- Frame size $xx xx xx
676
- URL <textstring>
677
-
678
-
679
- 4.3.1. URL link frames - details
680
-
681
- WAF
682
- The 'Official audio file webpage' frame is a URL pointing at a file
683
- specific webpage.
684
-
685
- WAR
686
- The 'Official artist/performer webpage' frame is a URL pointing at
687
- the artists official webpage. There may be more than one "WAR" frame
688
- in a tag if the audio contains more than one performer.
689
-
690
- WAS
691
- The 'Official audio source webpage' frame is a URL pointing at the
692
- official webpage for the source of the audio file, e.g. a movie.
693
-
694
- WCM
695
- The 'Commercial information' frame is a URL pointing at a webpage
696
- with information such as where the album can be bought. There may be
697
- more than one "WCM" frame in a tag.
698
-
699
- WCP
700
- The 'Copyright/Legal information' frame is a URL pointing at a
701
- webpage where the terms of use and ownership of the file is described.
702
-
703
- WPB
704
- The 'Publishers official webpage' frame is a URL pointing at the
705
- official wepage for the publisher.
706
-
707
-
708
- 4.3.2. User defined URL link frame
709
-
710
- This frame is intended for URL [URL] links concerning the audiofile in
711
- a similar way to the other "W"xx frames. The frame body consists of a
712
- description of the string, represented as a terminated string,
713
- followed by the actual URL. The URL is always encoded with ISO-8859-1
714
- [ISO-8859-1]. There may be more than one "WXX" frame in each tag, but
715
- only one with the same description.
716
-
717
- User defined... "WXX"
718
- Frame size $xx xx xx
719
- Text encoding $xx
720
- Description <textstring> $00 (00)
721
- URL <textstring>
722
-
723
-
724
- 4.4. Involved people list
725
-
726
- Since there might be a lot of people contributing to an audio file in
727
- various ways, such as musicians and technicians, the 'Text
728
- information frames' are often insufficient to list everyone involved
729
- in a project. The 'Involved people list' is a frame containing the
730
- names of those involved, and how they were involved. The body simply
731
- contains a terminated string with the involvement directly followed by
732
- a terminated string with the involvee followed by a new involvement
733
- and so on. There may only be one "IPL" frame in each tag.
734
-
735
- Involved people list "IPL"
736
- Frame size $xx xx xx
737
- Text encoding $xx
738
- People list strings <textstrings>
739
-
740
-
741
- 4.5. Music CD Identifier
742
-
743
- This frame is intended for music that comes from a CD, so that the CD
744
- can be identified in databases such as the CDDB [CDDB]. The frame
745
- consists of a binary dump of the Table Of Contents, TOC, from the CD,
746
- which is a header of 4 bytes and then 8 bytes/track on the CD making a
747
- maximum of 804 bytes. This frame requires a present and valid "TRK"
748
- frame. There may only be one "MCI" frame in each tag.
749
-
750
- Music CD identifier "MCI"
751
- Frame size $xx xx xx
752
- CD TOC <binary data>
753
-
754
-
755
- 4.6. Event timing codes
756
-
757
- This frame allows synchronisation with key events in a song or sound.
758
- The head is:
759
-
760
- Event timing codes "ETC"
761
- Frame size $xx xx xx
762
- Time stamp format $xx
763
-
764
- Where time stamp format is:
765
-
766
- $01 Absolute time, 32 bit sized, using MPEG [MPEG] frames as unit
767
- $02 Absolute time, 32 bit sized, using milliseconds as unit
768
-
769
- Abolute time means that every stamp contains the time from the
770
- beginning of the file.
771
-
772
- Followed by a list of key events in the following format:
773
-
774
- Type of event $xx
775
- Time stamp $xx (xx ...)
776
-
777
- The 'Time stamp' is set to zero if directly at the beginning of the
778
- sound or after the previous event. All events should be sorted in
779
- chronological order. The type of event is as follows:
780
-
781
- $00 padding (has no meaning)
782
- $01 end of initial silence
783
- $02 intro start
784
- $03 mainpart start
785
- $04 outro start
786
- $05 outro end
787
- $06 verse begins
788
- $07 refrain begins
789
- $08 interlude
790
- $09 theme start
791
- $0A variation
792
- $0B key change
793
- $0C time change
794
- $0D unwanted noise (Snap, Crackle &amp; Pop)
795
-
796
- $0E-$DF reserved for future use
797
-
798
- $E0-$EF not predefined sync 0-F
799
-
800
- $F0-$FC reserved for future use
801
-
802
- $FD audio end (start of silence)
803
- $FE audio file ends
804
- $FF one more byte of events follows (all the following bytes with
805
- the value $FF have the same function)
806
-
807
- The 'Not predefined sync's ($E0-EF) are for user events. You might
808
- want to synchronise your music to something, like setting of an
809
- explosion on-stage, turning on your screensaver etc.
810
-
811
- There may only be one "ETC" frame in each tag.
812
-
813
-
814
- 4.7. MPEG location lookup table
815
-
816
- To increase performance and accuracy of jumps within a MPEG [MPEG]
817
- audio file, frames with timecodes in different locations in the file
818
- might be useful. The ID3 frame includes references that the software
819
- can use to calculate positions in the file. After the frame header is
820
- a descriptor of how much the 'frame counter' should increase for every
821
- reference. If this value is two then the first reference points out
822
- the second frame, the 2nd reference the 4th frame, the 3rd reference
823
- the 6th frame etc. In a similar way the 'bytes between reference' and
824
- 'milliseconds between reference' points out bytes and milliseconds
825
- respectively.
826
-
827
- Each reference consists of two parts; a certain number of bits, as
828
- defined in 'bits for bytes deviation', that describes the difference
829
- between what is said in 'bytes between reference' and the reality and
830
- a certain number of bits, as defined in 'bits for milliseconds
831
- deviation', that describes the difference between what is said in
832
- 'milliseconds between reference' and the reality. The number of bits
833
- in every reference, i.e. 'bits for bytes deviation'+'bits for
834
- milliseconds deviation', must be a multiple of four. There may only be
835
- one "MLL" frame in each tag.
836
-
837
- Location lookup table "MLL"
838
- ID3 frame size $xx xx xx
839
- MPEG frames between reference $xx xx
840
- Bytes between reference $xx xx xx
841
- Milliseconds between reference $xx xx xx
842
- Bits for bytes deviation $xx
843
- Bits for milliseconds dev. $xx
844
-
845
- Then for every reference the following data is included;
846
-
847
- Deviation in bytes %xxx....
848
- Deviation in milliseconds %xxx....
849
-
850
-
851
- 4.8. Synced tempo codes
852
-
853
- For a more accurate description of the tempo of a musical piece this
854
- frame might be used. After the header follows one byte describing
855
- which time stamp format should be used. Then follows one or more tempo
856
- codes. Each tempo code consists of one tempo part and one time part.
857
- The tempo is in BPM described with one or two bytes. If the first byte
858
- has the value $FF, one more byte follows, which is added to the first
859
- giving a range from 2 - 510 BPM, since $00 and $01 is reserved. $00 is
860
- used to describe a beat-free time period, which is not the same as a
861
- music-free time period. $01 is used to indicate one single beat-stroke
862
- followed by a beat-free period.
863
-
864
- The tempo descriptor is followed by a time stamp. Every time the tempo
865
- in the music changes, a tempo descriptor may indicate this for the
866
- player. All tempo descriptors should be sorted in chronological order.
867
- The first beat-stroke in a time-period is at the same time as the beat
868
- description occurs. There may only be one "STC" frame in each tag.
869
-
870
- Synced tempo codes "STC"
871
- Frame size $xx xx xx
872
- Time stamp format $xx
873
- Tempo data <binary data>
874
-
875
- Where time stamp format is:
876
-
877
- $01 Absolute time, 32 bit sized, using MPEG [MPEG] frames as unit
878
- $02 Absolute time, 32 bit sized, using milliseconds as unit
879
-
880
- Abolute time means that every stamp contains the time from the
881
- beginning of the file.
882
-
883
-
884
- 4.9. Unsychronised lyrics/text transcription
885
-
886
- This frame contains the lyrics of the song or a text transcription of
887
- other vocal activities. The head includes an encoding descriptor and
888
- a content descriptor. The body consists of the actual text. The
889
- 'Content descriptor' is a terminated string. If no descriptor is
890
- entered, 'Content descriptor' is $00 (00) only. Newline characters
891
- are allowed in the text. Maximum length for the descriptor is 64
892
- bytes. There may be more than one lyrics/text frame in each tag, but
893
- only one with the same language and content descriptor.
894
-
895
- Unsynced lyrics/text "ULT"
896
- Frame size $xx xx xx
897
- Text encoding $xx
898
- Language $xx xx xx
899
- Content descriptor <textstring> $00 (00)
900
- Lyrics/text <textstring>
901
-
902
-
903
- 4.10. Synchronised lyrics/text
904
-
905
- This is another way of incorporating the words, said or sung lyrics,
906
- in the audio file as text, this time, however, in sync with the audio.
907
- It might also be used to describing events e.g. occurring on a stage
908
- or on the screen in sync with the audio. The header includes a content
909
- descriptor, represented with as terminated textstring. If no
910
- descriptor is entered, 'Content descriptor' is $00 (00) only.
911
-
912
- Synced lyrics/text "SLT"
913
- Frame size $xx xx xx
914
- Text encoding $xx
915
- Language $xx xx xx
916
- Time stamp format $xx
917
- Content type $xx
918
- Content descriptor <textstring> $00 (00)
919
-
920
-
921
- Encoding: $00 ISO-8859-1 [ISO-8859-1] character set is used => $00
922
- is sync identifier.
923
- $01 Unicode [UNICODE] character set is used => $00 00 is
924
- sync identifier.
925
-
926
- Content type: $00 is other
927
- $01 is lyrics
928
- $02 is text transcription
929
- $03 is movement/part name (e.g. "Adagio")
930
- $04 is events (e.g. "Don Quijote enters the stage")
931
- $05 is chord (e.g. "Bb F Fsus")
932
-
933
- Time stamp format is:
934
-
935
- $01 Absolute time, 32 bit sized, using MPEG [MPEG] frames as unit
936
- $02 Absolute time, 32 bit sized, using milliseconds as unit
937
-
938
- Abolute time means that every stamp contains the time from the
939
- beginning of the file.
940
-
941
- The text that follows the frame header differs from that of the
942
- unsynchronised lyrics/text transcription in one major way. Each
943
- syllable (or whatever size of text is considered to be convenient by
944
- the encoder) is a null terminated string followed by a time stamp
945
- denoting where in the sound file it belongs. Each sync thus has the
946
- following structure:
947
-
948
- Terminated text to be synced (typically a syllable)
949
- Sync identifier (terminator to above string) $00 (00)
950
- Time stamp $xx (xx ...)
951
-
952
- The 'time stamp' is set to zero or the whole sync is omitted if
953
- located directly at the beginning of the sound. All time stamps should
954
- be sorted in chronological order. The sync can be considered as a
955
- validator of the subsequent string.
956
-
957
- Newline characters are allowed in all "SLT" frames and should be used
958
- after every entry (name, event etc.) in a frame with the content type
959
- $03 - $04.
960
-
961
- A few considerations regarding whitespace characters: Whitespace
962
- separating words should mark the beginning of a new word, thus
963
- occurring in front of the first syllable of a new word. This is also
964
- valid for new line characters. A syllable followed by a comma should
965
- not be broken apart with a sync (both the syllable and the comma
966
- should be before the sync).
967
-
968
- An example: The "ULT" passage
969
-
970
- "Strangers in the night" $0A "Exchanging glances"
971
-
972
- would be "SLT" encoded as:
973
-
974
- "Strang" $00 xx xx "ers" $00 xx xx " in" $00 xx xx " the" $00 xx xx
975
- " night" $00 xx xx 0A "Ex" $00 xx xx "chang" $00 xx xx "ing" $00 xx
976
- xx "glan" $00 xx xx "ces" $00 xx xx
977
-
978
- There may be more than one "SLT" frame in each tag, but only one with
979
- the same language and content descriptor.
980
-
981
-
982
- 4.11. Comments
983
-
984
- This frame replaces the old 30-character comment field in ID3v1. It
985
- consists of a frame head followed by encoding, language and content
986
- descriptors and is ended with the actual comment as a text string.
987
- Newline characters are allowed in the comment text string. There may
988
- be more than one comment frame in each tag, but only one with the same
989
- language and content descriptor.
990
-
991
- Comment "COM"
992
- Frame size $xx xx xx
993
- Text encoding $xx
994
- Language $xx xx xx
995
- Short content description <textstring> $00 (00)
996
- The actual text <textstring>
997
-
998
-
999
- 4.12. Relative volume adjustment
1000
-
1001
- This is a more subjective function than the previous ones. It allows
1002
- the user to say how much he wants to increase/decrease the volume on
1003
- each channel while the file is played. The purpose is to be able to
1004
- align all files to a reference volume, so that you don't have to
1005
- change the volume constantly. This frame may also be used to balance
1006
- adjust the audio. If the volume peak levels are known then this could
1007
- be described with the 'Peak volume right' and 'Peak volume left'
1008
- field. If Peakvolume is not known these fields could be left zeroed
1009
- or completely omitted. There may only be one "RVA" frame in each
1010
- tag.
1011
-
1012
- Relative volume adjustment "RVA"
1013
- Frame size $xx xx xx
1014
- Increment/decrement %000000xx
1015
- Bits used for volume descr. $xx
1016
- Relative volume change, right $xx xx (xx ...)
1017
- Relative volume change, left $xx xx (xx ...)
1018
- Peak volume right $xx xx (xx ...)
1019
- Peak volume left $xx xx (xx ...)
1020
-
1021
- In the increment/decrement field bit 0 is used to indicate the right
1022
- channel and bit 1 is used to indicate the left channel. 1 is
1023
- increment and 0 is decrement.
1024
-
1025
- The 'bits used for volume description' field is normally $10 (16 bits)
1026
- for MPEG 2 layer I, II and III [MPEG] and MPEG 2.5. This value may not
1027
- be $00. The volume is always represented with whole bytes, padded in
1028
- the beginning (highest bits) when 'bits used for volume description'
1029
- is not a multiple of eight.
1030
-
1031
-
1032
- 4.13. Equalisation
1033
-
1034
- This is another subjective, alignment frame. It allows the user to
1035
- predefine an equalisation curve within the audio file. There may only
1036
- be one "EQU" frame in each tag.
1037
-
1038
- Equalisation "EQU"
1039
- Frame size $xx xx xx
1040
- Adjustment bits $xx
1041
-
1042
- The 'adjustment bits' field defines the number of bits used for
1043
- representation of the adjustment. This is normally $10 (16 bits) for
1044
- MPEG 2 layer I, II and III [MPEG] and MPEG 2.5. This value may not be
1045
- $00.
1046
-
1047
- This is followed by 2 bytes + ('adjustment bits' rounded up to the
1048
- nearest byte) for every equalisation band in the following format,
1049
- giving a frequency range of 0 - 32767Hz:
1050
-
1051
- Increment/decrement %x (MSB of the Frequency)
1052
- Frequency (lower 15 bits)
1053
- Adjustment $xx (xx ...)
1054
-
1055
- The increment/decrement bit is 1 for increment and 0 for decrement.
1056
- The equalisation bands should be ordered increasingly with reference
1057
- to frequency. All frequencies don't have to be declared. Adjustments
1058
- with the value $00 should be omitted. A frequency should only be
1059
- described once in the frame.
1060
-
1061
-
1062
- 4.14. Reverb
1063
-
1064
- Yet another subjective one. You may here adjust echoes of different
1065
- kinds. Reverb left/right is the delay between every bounce in ms.
1066
- Reverb bounces left/right is the number of bounces that should be
1067
- made. $FF equals an infinite number of bounces. Feedback is the amount
1068
- of volume that should be returned to the next echo bounce. $00 is 0%,
1069
- $FF is 100%. If this value were $7F, there would be 50% volume
1070
- reduction on the first bounce, yet 50% on the second and so on. Left
1071
- to left means the sound from the left bounce to be played in the left
1072
- speaker, while left to right means sound from the left bounce to be
1073
- played in the right speaker.
1074
-
1075
- 'Premix left to right' is the amount of left sound to be mixed in the
1076
- right before any reverb is applied, where $00 id 0% and $FF is 100%.
1077
- 'Premix right to left' does the same thing, but right to left. Setting
1078
- both premix to $FF would result in a mono output (if the reverb is
1079
- applied symmetric). There may only be one "REV" frame in each tag.
1080
-
1081
- Reverb settings "REV"
1082
- Frame size $00 00 0C
1083
- Reverb left (ms) $xx xx
1084
- Reverb right (ms) $xx xx
1085
- Reverb bounces, left $xx
1086
- Reverb bounces, right $xx
1087
- Reverb feedback, left to left $xx
1088
- Reverb feedback, left to right $xx
1089
- Reverb feedback, right to right $xx
1090
- Reverb feedback, right to left $xx
1091
- Premix left to right $xx
1092
- Premix right to left $xx
1093
-
1094
-
1095
- 4.15. Attached picture
1096
-
1097
- This frame contains a picture directly related to the audio file.
1098
- Image format is preferably "PNG" [PNG] or "JPG" [JFIF]. Description
1099
- is a short description of the picture, represented as a terminated
1100
- textstring. The description has a maximum length of 64 characters,
1101
- but may be empty. There may be several pictures attached to one file,
1102
- each in their individual "PIC" frame, but only one with the same
1103
- content descriptor. There may only be one picture with the picture
1104
- type declared as picture type $01 and $02 respectively. There is a
1105
- possibility to put only a link to the image file by using the 'image
1106
- format' "-->" and having a complete URL [URL] instead of picture data.
1107
- The use of linked files should however be used restrictively since
1108
- there is the risk of separation of files.
1109
-
1110
- Attached picture "PIC"
1111
- Frame size $xx xx xx
1112
- Text encoding $xx
1113
- Image format $xx xx xx
1114
- Picture type $xx
1115
- Description <textstring> $00 (00)
1116
- Picture data <binary data>
1117
-
1118
-
1119
- Picture type: $00 Other
1120
- $01 32x32 pixels 'file icon' (PNG only)
1121
- $02 Other file icon
1122
- $03 Cover (front)
1123
- $04 Cover (back)
1124
- $05 Leaflet page
1125
- $06 Media (e.g. lable side of CD)
1126
- $07 Lead artist/lead performer/soloist
1127
- $08 Artist/performer
1128
- $09 Conductor
1129
- $0A Band/Orchestra
1130
- $0B Composer
1131
- $0C Lyricist/text writer
1132
- $0D Recording Location
1133
- $0E During recording
1134
- $0F During performance
1135
- $10 Movie/video screen capture
1136
- $11 A bright coloured fish
1137
- $12 Illustration
1138
- $13 Band/artist logotype
1139
- $14 Publisher/Studio logotype
1140
-
1141
-
1142
- 4.16. General encapsulated object
1143
-
1144
- In this frame any type of file can be encapsulated. After the header,
1145
- 'Frame size' and 'Encoding' follows 'MIME type' [MIME] and 'Filename'
1146
- for the encapsulated object, both represented as terminated strings
1147
- encoded with ISO 8859-1 [ISO-8859-1]. The filename is case sensitive.
1148
- Then follows a content description as terminated string, encoded as
1149
- 'Encoding'. The last thing in the frame is the actual object. The
1150
- first two strings may be omitted, leaving only their terminations.
1151
- MIME type is always an ISO-8859-1 text string. There may be more than
1152
- one "GEO" frame in each tag, but only one with the same content
1153
- descriptor.
1154
-
1155
- General encapsulated object "GEO"
1156
- Frame size $xx xx xx
1157
- Text encoding $xx
1158
- MIME type <textstring> $00
1159
- Filename <textstring> $00 (00)
1160
- Content description <textstring> $00 (00)
1161
- Encapsulated object <binary data>
1162
-
1163
-
1164
- 4.17. Play counter
1165
-
1166
- This is simply a counter of the number of times a file has been
1167
- played. The value is increased by one every time the file begins to
1168
- play. There may only be one "CNT" frame in each tag. When the counter
1169
- reaches all one's, one byte is inserted in front of the counter thus
1170
- making the counter eight bits bigger. The counter must be at least
1171
- 32-bits long to begin with.
1172
-
1173
- Play counter "CNT"
1174
- Frame size $xx xx xx
1175
- Counter $xx xx xx xx (xx ...)
1176
-
1177
-
1178
- 4.18. Popularimeter
1179
-
1180
- The purpose of this frame is to specify how good an audio file is.
1181
- Many interesting applications could be found to this frame such as a
1182
- playlist that features better audiofiles more often than others or it
1183
- could be used to profile a persons taste and find other 'good' files
1184
- by comparing people's profiles. The frame is very simple. It contains
1185
- the email address to the user, one rating byte and a four byte play
1186
- counter, intended to be increased with one for every time the file is
1187
- played. The email is a terminated string. The rating is 1-255 where
1188
- 1 is worst and 255 is best. 0 is unknown. If no personal counter is
1189
- wanted it may be omitted. When the counter reaches all one's, one
1190
- byte is inserted in front of the counter thus making the counter
1191
- eight bits bigger in the same away as the play counter ("CNT").
1192
- There may be more than one "POP" frame in each tag, but only one with
1193
- the same email address.
1194
-
1195
- Popularimeter "POP"
1196
- Frame size $xx xx xx
1197
- Email to user <textstring> $00
1198
- Rating $xx
1199
- Counter $xx xx xx xx (xx ...)
1200
-
1201
-
1202
- 4.19. Recommended buffer size
1203
-
1204
- Sometimes the server from which a audio file is streamed is aware of
1205
- transmission or coding problems resulting in interruptions in the
1206
- audio stream. In these cases, the size of the buffer can be
1207
- recommended by the server using this frame. If the 'embedded info
1208
- flag' is true (1) then this indicates that an ID3 tag with the
1209
- maximum size described in 'Buffer size' may occur in the audiostream.
1210
- In such case the tag should reside between two MPEG [MPEG] frames, if
1211
- the audio is MPEG encoded. If the position of the next tag is known,
1212
- 'offset to next tag' may be used. The offset is calculated from the
1213
- end of tag in which this frame resides to the first byte of the header
1214
- in the next. This field may be omitted. Embedded tags is currently not
1215
- recommended since this could render unpredictable behaviour from
1216
- present software/hardware. The 'Buffer size' should be kept to a
1217
- minimum. There may only be one "BUF" frame in each tag.
1218
-
1219
- Recommended buffer size "BUF"
1220
- Frame size $xx xx xx
1221
- Buffer size $xx xx xx
1222
- Embedded info flag %0000000x
1223
- Offset to next tag $xx xx xx xx
1224
-
1225
-
1226
- 4.20. Encrypted meta frame
1227
-
1228
- This frame contains one or more encrypted frames. This enables
1229
- protection of copyrighted information such as pictures and text, that
1230
- people might want to pay extra for. Since standardisation of such an
1231
- encryption scheme is beyond this document, all "CRM" frames begin with
1232
- a terminated string with a URL [URL] containing an email address, or a
1233
- link to a location where an email adress can be found, that belongs to
1234
- the organisation responsible for this specific encrypted meta frame.
1235
-
1236
- Questions regarding the encrypted frame should be sent to the
1237
- indicated email address. If a $00 is found directly after the 'Frame
1238
- size', the whole frame should be ignored, and preferably be removed.
1239
- The 'Owner identifier' is then followed by a short content description
1240
- and explanation as to why it's encrypted. After the
1241
- 'content/explanation' description, the actual encrypted block follows.
1242
-
1243
- When an ID3v2 decoder encounters a "CRM" frame, it should send the
1244
- datablock to the 'plugin' with the corresponding 'owner identifier'
1245
- and expect to receive either a datablock with one or several ID3v2
1246
- frames after each other or an error. There may be more than one "CRM"
1247
- frames in a tag, but only one with the same 'owner identifier'.
1248
-
1249
- Encrypted meta frame "CRM"
1250
- Frame size $xx xx xx
1251
- Owner identifier <textstring> $00 (00)
1252
- Content/explanation <textstring> $00 (00)
1253
- Encrypted datablock <binary data>
1254
-
1255
-
1256
- 4.21. Audio encryption
1257
-
1258
- This frame indicates if the actual audio stream is encrypted, and by
1259
- whom. Since standardisation of such encrypion scheme is beyond this
1260
- document, all "CRA" frames begin with a terminated string with a
1261
- URL containing an email address, or a link to a location where an
1262
- email address can be found, that belongs to the organisation
1263
- responsible for this specific encrypted audio file. Questions
1264
- regarding the encrypted audio should be sent to the email address
1265
- specified. If a $00 is found directly after the 'Frame size' and the
1266
- audiofile indeed is encrypted, the whole file may be considered
1267
- useless.
1268
-
1269
- After the 'Owner identifier', a pointer to an unencrypted part of the
1270
- audio can be specified. The 'Preview start' and 'Preview length' is
1271
- described in frames. If no part is unencrypted, these fields should be
1272
- left zeroed. After the 'preview length' field follows optionally a
1273
- datablock required for decryption of the audio. There may be more than
1274
- one "CRA" frames in a tag, but only one with the same 'Owner
1275
- identifier'.
1276
-
1277
- Audio encryption "CRA"
1278
- Frame size $xx xx xx
1279
- Owner identifier <textstring> $00 (00)
1280
- Preview start $xx xx
1281
- Preview length $xx xx
1282
- Encryption info <binary data>
1283
-
1284
-
1285
- 4.22. Linked information
1286
-
1287
- To keep space waste as low as possible this frame may be used to link
1288
- information from another ID3v2 tag that might reside in another audio
1289
- file or alone in a binary file. It is recommended that this method is
1290
- only used when the files are stored on a CD-ROM or other circumstances
1291
- when the risk of file seperation is low. The frame contains a frame
1292
- identifier, which is the frame that should be linked into this tag, a
1293
- URL [URL] field, where a reference to the file where the frame is
1294
- given, and additional ID data, if needed. Data should be retrieved
1295
- from the first tag found in the file to which this link points. There
1296
- may be more than one "LNK" frame in a tag, but only one with the same
1297
- contents. A linked frame is to be considered as part of the tag and
1298
- has the same restrictions as if it was a physical part of the tag
1299
- (i.e. only one "REV" frame allowed, whether it's linked or not).
1300
-
1301
- Linked information "LNK"
1302
- Frame size $xx xx xx
1303
- Frame identifier $xx xx xx
1304
- URL <textstring> $00 (00)
1305
- Additional ID data <textstring(s)>
1306
-
1307
- Frames that may be linked and need no additional data are "IPL",
1308
- "MCI", "ETC", "LLT", "STC", "RVA", "EQU", "REV", "BUF", the text
1309
- information frames and the URL link frames.
1310
-
1311
- The "TXX", "PIC", "GEO", "CRM" and "CRA" frames may be linked with the
1312
- content descriptor as additional ID data.
1313
-
1314
- The "COM", "SLT" and "ULT" frames may be linked with three bytes of
1315
- language descriptor directly followed by a content descriptor as
1316
- additional ID data.
1317
-
1318
-
1319
- 5. The 'unsynchronisation scheme'
1320
-
1321
- The only purpose of the 'unsychronisation scheme' is to make the ID3v2
1322
- tag as compatible as possible with existing software. There is no use
1323
- in 'unsynchronising' tags if the file is only to be processed by new
1324
- software. Unsynchronisation may only be made with MPEG 2 layer I, II
1325
- and III and MPEG 2.5 files.
1326
-
1327
- Whenever a false synchronisation is found within the tag, one zeroed
1328
- byte is inserted after the first false synchronisation byte. The
1329
- format of a correct sync that should be altered by ID3 encoders is as
1330
- follows:
1331
-
1332
- %11111111 111xxxxx
1333
-
1334
- And should be replaced with:
1335
-
1336
- %11111111 00000000 111xxxxx
1337
-
1338
- This has the side effect that all $FF 00 combinations have to be
1339
- altered, so they won't be affected by the decoding process. Therefore
1340
- all the $FF 00 combinations have to be replaced with the $FF 00 00
1341
- combination during the unsynchonisation.
1342
-
1343
- To indicate usage of the unsynchronisation, the first bit in 'ID3
1344
- flags' should be set. This bit should only be set if the tag
1345
- contained a, now corrected, false synchronisation. The bit should
1346
- only be clear if the tag does not contain any false synchronisations.
1347
-
1348
- Do bear in mind, that if a compression scheme is used by the encoder,
1349
- the unsyncronisation scheme should be applied *afterwards*. When
1350
- decoding a compressed, 'unsyncronised' file, the 'unsyncronisation
1351
- scheme' should be parsed first, compression afterwards.
1352
-
1353
-
1354
- 6. Copyright
1355
-
1356
- Copyright (C) Martin Nilsson 1998. All Rights Reserved.
1357
-
1358
- This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to
1359
- others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it
1360
- or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied, published
1361
- and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any
1362
- kind, provided that a reference to this document is included on all
1363
- such copies and derivative works. However, this document itself may
1364
- not be modified in any way and reissued as the original document.
1365
-
1366
- The limited permissions granted above are perpetual and will not be
1367
- revoked.
1368
-
1369
- This document and the information contained herein is provided on an
1370
- "AS IS" basis and THE AUTHORS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
1371
- IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE
1372
- INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED
1373
- WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
1374
-
1375
-
1376
- 7. References
1377
-
1378
- [CDDB] Compact Disc Data Base
1379
-
1380
- http://www.cddb.com
1381
-
1382
- [ISO-639-2] ISO/FDIS 639-2.
1383
- Codes for the representation of names of languages, Part 2: Alpha-3
1384
- code. Technical committee / subcommittee: TC 37 / SC 2
1385
-
1386
- [ISO-8859-1] ISO/IEC DIS 8859-1.
1387
- 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets, Part 1: Latin
1388
- alphabet No. 1. Technical committee / subcommittee: JTC 1 / SC 2
1389
-
1390
- [ISRC] ISO 3901:1986
1391
- International Standard Recording Code (ISRC).
1392
- Technical committee / subcommittee: TC 46 / SC 9
1393
-
1394
- [JFIF] JPEG File Interchange Format, version 1.02
1395
-
1396
- http://www.w3.org/Graphics/JPEG/jfif.txt
1397
-
1398
- [MIME] Freed, N. and N. Borenstein, "Multipurpose Internet Mail
1399
- Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies",
1400
- RFC 2045, November 1996.
1401
-
1402
- ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2045.txt
1403
-
1404
- [MPEG] ISO/IEC 11172-3:1993.
1405
- Coding of moving pictures and associated audio for digital storage
1406
- media at up to about 1,5 Mbit/s, Part 3: Audio.
1407
- Technical committee / subcommittee: JTC 1 / SC 29
1408
- and
1409
- ISO/IEC 13818-3:1995
1410
- Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information,
1411
- Part 3: Audio.
1412
- Technical committee / subcommittee: JTC 1 / SC 29
1413
- and
1414
- ISO/IEC DIS 13818-3
1415
- Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information,
1416
- Part 3: Audio (Revision of ISO/IEC 13818-3:1995)
1417
-
1418
-
1419
- [PNG] Portable Network Graphics, version 1.0
1420
-
1421
- http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-png-multi.html
1422
-
1423
- [UNICODE] ISO/IEC 10646-1:1993.
1424
- Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS), Part 1:
1425
- Architecture and Basic Multilingual Plane. Technical committee
1426
- / subcommittee: JTC 1 / SC 2
1427
-
1428
- http://www.unicode.org/
1429
-
1430
- [URL] T. Berners-Lee, L. Masinter &amp; M. McCahill, "Uniform Resource
1431
- Locators (URL).", RFC 1738, December 1994.
1432
-
1433
- ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1738.txt
1434
-
1435
-
1436
- 8. Appendix
1437
-
1438
-
1439
- A. Appendix A - ID3-Tag Specification V1.1
1440
-
1441
- ID3-Tag Specification V1.1 (12 dec 1997) by Michael Mutschler
1442
- <amiga2@info2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de>, edited for space and clarity
1443
- reasons.
1444
-
1445
-
1446
- A.1. Overview
1447
-
1448
- The ID3-Tag is an information field for MPEG Layer 3 audio files.
1449
- Since a standalone MP3 doesn't provide a method of storing other
1450
- information than those directly needed for replay reasons, the
1451
- ID3-tag was invented by Eric Kemp in 1996.
1452
-
1453
- A revision from ID3v1 to ID3v1.1 was made by Michael Mutschler to
1454
- support track number information is described in A.4.
1455
-
1456
-
1457
- A.2. ID3v1 Implementation
1458
-
1459
- The Information is stored in the last 128 bytes of an MP3. The Tag
1460
- has got the following fields, and the offsets given here, are from
1461
- 0-127.
1462
-
1463
- Field Length Offsets
1464
- Tag 3 0-2
1465
- Songname 30 3-32
1466
- Artist 30 33-62
1467
- Album 30 63-92
1468
- Year 4 93-96
1469
- Comment 30 97-126
1470
- Genre 1 127
1471
-
1472
-
1473
- The string-fields contain ASCII-data, coded in ISO-Latin 1 codepage.
1474
- Strings which are smaller than the field length are padded with zero-
1475
- bytes.
1476
-
1477
- Tag: The tag is valid if this field contains the string "TAG". This
1478
- has to be uppercase!
1479
-
1480
- Songname: This field contains the title of the MP3 (string as
1481
- above).
1482
-
1483
- Artist: This field contains the artist of the MP3 (string as above).
1484
-
1485
- Album: this field contains the album where the MP3 comes from
1486
- (string as above).
1487
-
1488
- Year: this field contains the year when this song has originally
1489
- been released (string as above).
1490
-
1491
- Comment: this field contains a comment for the MP3 (string as
1492
- above). Revision to this field has been made in ID3v1.1. See
1493
- A.4.
1494
-
1495
- Genre: this byte contains the offset of a genre in a predefined
1496
- list the byte is treated as an unsigned byte. The offset is
1497
- starting from 0. See A.3.
1498
-
1499
-
1500
- A.3. Genre List
1501
-
1502
- The following genres is defined in ID3v1
1503
-
1504
- 0.Blues
1505
- 1.Classic Rock
1506
- 2.Country
1507
- 3.Dance
1508
- 4.Disco
1509
- 5.Funk
1510
- 6.Grunge
1511
- 7.Hip-Hop
1512
- 8.Jazz
1513
- 9.Metal
1514
- 10.New Age
1515
- 11.Oldies
1516
- 12.Other
1517
- 13.Pop
1518
- 14.R&amp;B
1519
- 15.Rap
1520
- 16.Reggae
1521
- 17.Rock
1522
- 18.Techno
1523
- 19.Industrial
1524
- 20.Alternative
1525
- 21.Ska
1526
- 22.Death Metal
1527
- 23.Pranks
1528
- 24.Soundtrack
1529
- 25.Euro-Techno
1530
- 26.Ambient
1531
- 27.Trip-Hop
1532
- 28.Vocal
1533
- 29.Jazz+Funk
1534
- 30.Fusion
1535
- 31.Trance
1536
- 32.Classical
1537
- 33.Instrumental
1538
- 34.Acid
1539
- 35.House
1540
- 36.Game
1541
- 37.Sound Clip
1542
- 38.Gospel
1543
- 39.Noise
1544
- 40.AlternRock
1545
- 41.Bass
1546
- 42.Soul
1547
- 43.Punk
1548
- 44.Space
1549
- 45.Meditative
1550
- 46.Instrumental Pop
1551
- 47.Instrumental Rock
1552
- 48.Ethnic
1553
- 49.Gothic
1554
- 50.Darkwave
1555
- 51.Techno-Industrial
1556
- 52.Electronic
1557
- 53.Pop-Folk
1558
- 54.Eurodance
1559
- 55.Dream
1560
- 56.Southern Rock
1561
- 57.Comedy
1562
- 58.Cult
1563
- 59.Gangsta
1564
- 60.Top 40
1565
- 61.Christian Rap
1566
- 62.Pop/Funk
1567
- 63.Jungle
1568
- 64.Native American
1569
- 65.Cabaret
1570
- 66.New Wave
1571
- 67.Psychadelic
1572
- 68.Rave
1573
- 69.Showtunes
1574
- 70.Trailer
1575
- 71.Lo-Fi
1576
- 72.Tribal
1577
- 73.Acid Punk
1578
- 74.Acid Jazz
1579
- 75.Polka
1580
- 76.Retro
1581
- 77.Musical
1582
- 78.Rock &amp; Roll
1583
- 79.Hard Rock
1584
-
1585
- The following genres are Winamp extensions
1586
-
1587
- 80.Folk
1588
- 81.Folk-Rock
1589
- 82.National Folk
1590
- 83.Swing
1591
- 84.Fast Fusion
1592
- 85.Bebob
1593
- 86.Latin
1594
- 87.Revival
1595
- 88.Celtic
1596
- 89.Bluegrass
1597
- 90.Avantgarde
1598
- 91.Gothic Rock
1599
- 92.Progressive Rock
1600
- 93.Psychedelic Rock
1601
- 94.Symphonic Rock
1602
- 95.Slow Rock
1603
- 96.Big Band
1604
- 97.Chorus
1605
- 98.Easy Listening
1606
- 99.Acoustic
1607
- 100.Humour
1608
- 101.Speech
1609
- 102.Chanson
1610
- 103.Opera
1611
- 104.Chamber Music
1612
- 105.Sonata
1613
- 106.Symphony
1614
- 107.Booty Bass
1615
- 108.Primus
1616
- 109.Porn Groove
1617
- 110.Satire
1618
- 111.Slow Jam
1619
- 112.Club
1620
- 113.Tango
1621
- 114.Samba
1622
- 115.Folklore
1623
- 116.Ballad
1624
- 117.Power Ballad
1625
- 118.Rhythmic Soul
1626
- 119.Freestyle
1627
- 120.Duet
1628
- 121.Punk Rock
1629
- 122.Drum Solo
1630
- 123.A capella
1631
- 124.Euro-House
1632
- 125.Dance Hall
1633
-
1634
-
1635
- A.4. Track addition - ID3v1.1
1636
-
1637
- In ID3v1.1, Michael Mutschler revised the specification of the
1638
- comment field in order to implement the track number. The new format
1639
- of the comment field is a 28 character string followed by a mandatory
1640
- null ($00) character and the original album tracknumber stored as an
1641
- unsigned byte-size integer. In such cases where the 29th byte is not
1642
- the null character or when the 30th is a null character, the
1643
- tracknumber is to be considered undefined.
1644
-
1645
-
1646
- 9. Author's Address
1647
-
1648
- Martin Nilsson
1649
- Rydsv�gen 246 C. 30
1650
- S-584 34 Link�ping
1651
- Sweden
1652
-
1653
- Email: nilsson@id3.org
1654
-
1655
- Co-authors:
1656
-
1657
- Johan Sundstr�m Email: johan@id3.org