ID3 support in MyMusic?

[Anthem]

Most of my MP3s were ripped in iTunes. Anything that was ripped in iTunes doesn't show up correctly in MyMusic. After looking at what DID show up right, I think it's a function of what version of ID3 the tags are in.

Can anybody comment on this? Is there a way to use more recent tags in MyMusic?

[reven]

its itunes fault, its rubbish.

[Anthem]

its itunes fault, its rubbish.

Ok...

I'm not trying to start a fight here, but I'm not sure that's true. I can see the tags just fine in Windows Explorer (from my windows box) or from Konqueror (from my linux box). There's nothing wrong with the tags themselves if something like a file browser can see them without problems.

I'm pretty sure it's just that MyMusic is using an older version of the ID3 spec. Can anybody confirm or deny that?

[reven]

i can confirm its itunes.

[nightwalker]

I don't use Itunes either, it's not a favorite of mine but i am curious. isn't a ID3 spec the same for anything that uses an ID3 tag? I know there are ID3v1 and ID3v2 but i would have thought they would be the same. Can there be different ID3 spec's out there?

[psycik]

I'll just jump in...ID3v1 and V2 are VERY different.

ID3V1 is a simple 128 byte fixed field section at the start of an MP3 file.
ID3V2 however is a frame based store of information I think at the end, and there are a heap of tags, including pictures.

[nightwalker]

Ah, that explains why the music panel shows a default picture even though i have album covers embedded in some mp3 files. The jukebox though shows the proper album cover. I remember reading that it supported ID3v2.

My question is though, even if a program supports only ID3v1 tags wouldn't or shouldn't all ID3v1 tags be the same?

[psycik]

Yeah ID3V1 tags should be the same, its only really the v2's that supports all the different types of frames.

I can't back up or dispute what reven says since I've never looked into iTunes to say, but i wouldn't put it past Apple to do "something wierd" with the mp3's they rip.

[nightwalker]

Neither would I, my wife has an apple and i hate the thing. Soon as she's finished school with it out the window it goes and good riddance

[reven]

i use ultraid3 which supports
id3 v1
id3 v2.0 to v2.4 (or something like that, i know it works fine with 2.4)

its a really good library its better than the winamp one (the guy who wrote it keeps telling winamp about a bug theyve never fixed in their id3 tagger).
if itunes is the only ripper that is causing this, THEN ITS ITUNES!


i really really hate itunes.