ID3 tags

[JohnZ]

Hi There
It appears reading ID3 info from MP3 files of a bit rate higher than 192KBps using the ID3 Object results in the app crashing. Has anybody got anything in development, or know of another MMF2 object, or a external dll that can read info reliably from MP3s?

Cheers
John

[Looki]

I highly doubt it's related to the bit depth. The ID3 object only supports ID3v1, I presume that's the problem. To answer your question... I don't think there's a dedicated extension, but finding a dll library should be easy.

[JohnZ]

I highly doubt it's related to the bit depth. The ID3 object only supports ID3v1, I presume that's the problem. To answer your question... I don't think there's a dedicated extension, but finding a dll library should be easy.

Thanks for your reply. I'm pretty certain my test files are all V2.

I've just searched the net for an appropriate DLL and found the Sourceforge page for the DLL included with the ID3 object which claims it can read V2. If I used the DLL object would this solve the problem - also, how would I go about locating the info I ned to 'contaxt' the DLL.

I've download UltraID3Lib which has documentation but it's beyond my understanding to even work out how to tell it what file to read, let alone retrieve any info. Has anybody had experience of using these kind of libraries before?

Cheers
John

[Looki]

MP3 files can be ID3v1, 2, OR 1+2. I bet some of yours don't have 1, but they all have 2 - or something like that. If you don't know how DLLs work then this might be a bit tough... Making an example would take a while... maybe I'll fire something up within the next days.

[JohnZ]

MP3 files can be ID3v1, 2, OR 1+2. I bet some of yours don't have 1, but they all have 2 - or something like that. If you don't know how DLLs work then this might be a bit tough... Making an example would take a while... maybe I'll fire something up within the next days.

Thanks for your reply. Any help would be most apprecaited. I have used DLLs before but they came with clear documentation about how to call and retrieve info. If you could shine some light on a couple of functions via an example using http://home.fuse.net/honnert/UltraID3Lib/ I'd be most grateful - and I suspect a lot of other folk will be too. If you just give me...

a) how to the send path of the file to read to the DLL
b) how to get the title of the Mp3

I'll be able to work out the rest by comparing your calls to the manual

Thank you so much
J

[iOSC]

Hey, I up this thread, does Looki have some times to make us an example... ?
I would need to modify this tags too, would it be possible?

Thx