mp3 tag editor

[Tony E - Jaraeth]

ID3 tags do have a specific naming convention. While id3v2 is more free
form, the names are supposed to be a specific list of names.  Check out:
http://www.id3.org/ for more info.

I have a huge array of MP3's, which I store on my linux home fileserver,
and when I retag something i use mp3info. Specifically, I use the
updated mp3info2 which comes with mp3info.  mp3info will retrieve, store
& write id3v1 tags, and mp3info2 will retrieve, store & write id3v2 tags.

While you can write your own tags w/ id3v2, be aware that when someone
else plays that MP3, they most likely will not see the genre you wrote
in, but rather something else, as they still refer to the #'s of the
overall id3 tag. I don't think I can explain well enough to clarify, but
it's all on the website mentioned above.

Regards,

  Tony Evans
  Phoenix Wing Interactive
  jaraeth at phoenixwing.com
  http://www.phoenixwing.com/



Craig White wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-12-09 at 11:09 -0700, Matt Graham wrote:
>> From: "jordi laforge" <laforge.jordi at gmail.com>
>>> Does anyone know of an mp3 tag editor that will let you create your own
>>> genres? Most just let you choose between a bunch of pre-set ones.
>> IIRC, this all has to do with the type of tag being created.  ID3v1 tags
>> store the genre as a number, and this number gets looked up in a preset
>> list.  ID3v2 tags store the genre as a string, which can be freeform.
>> The tag editor that I like is called tagtool, and is a GNOME app.  It
>> makes editing mp3 tags really easy.  HTH,
> ----
> as long as you seem to be knowledgeable about idtags, let me ask another
> question.
> 
> I've been ripping my DVD's into mp4 on Linux. I tried setting idtags but
> when I import them into iTunes, it seems the tags are completely
> discarded. iTunes tag editing functions are a bit lacking. Are you
> familiar with idtags and mp4 files and iTunes?
> 
> Craig
> 
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