Test File Properties Editing Scenario #1
1. Import a file into MC. In the format display, all tags display correctly:
MPEG-1 Layer 3
192 Kbit CBR
44.1 Khz Stereo
Copyrighted: No
Original: Yes
Protected by CRC: No
ID3v1 Tag: (128 bytes)
Name: Acknowledgement
Artist: John Coltrane
Album: Love Supreme
Year: 1964
Comment:
Track #: 1
Genre: Jazz (
ID3v2 Tag: (12439 bytes)
COMM (Keywords): this is it
COMM (Styles): test styles
COMM (Tool Version): 9.0.137
COMM (Tool Name): Media Center
APIC: <unknown data type>
TPE1 (Lead performer(s)/Solo..): John Coltrane
TPE2 (Band/orchestra/accompa..): Coltrane Orchestra
TPE3 (Conductor/performer re..): Coltrane Conductor
TIT2 (Title/songname/content..): Acknowledgement
TALB (Album/Movie/Show title): Love Supreme
TRCK (Track number/Position ..): 1
TYER (Year): 1964
TCOM (Composer): Coltrane
TPUB (Publisher): Test Publisher
TCON (Content type): Jazz
COMM (Comments): <too large to display>
Problem #1: Artist field in the database is populated with “Coltrane Orchestra” (TPE2). It should be populated with “John Coltrane” (TPE1)
Note: When I play this track using the “simply lyrics” track info page and click on comments, it correctly displays all of the text from the comment in the ID3V2 tag.
Test #1: I edit the properties and change the “Styles” field (a custom field) from “test styles” to “new styles”. MC writes the tag. Now the format looks like the following:
MPEG-1 Layer 3
192 Kbit CBR
44.1 Khz Stereo
Copyrighted: No
Original: Yes
Protected by CRC: No
ID3v1 Tag: (128 bytes)
Name: Acknowledgement
Artist: Coltrane Orchestra
Album: Love Supreme
Year: 1964
Comment: Easily one of the most impor
Track #: 1
Genre: Jazz (
ID3v2 Tag: (4126 bytes)
TPE3 (Conductor/performer re..): Coltrane Conductor
TPUB (Publisher): Test Publisher
COMM (Tool Name): Media Center
COMM (Tool Version): 9.0.137
COMM (Styles): new styles
TCOM (Composer): Coltrane
COMM (Keywords): this is it
TPE1 (Lead performer(s)/Solo..): Coltrane Orchestra
TRCK (Track number/Position ..): 1
TALB (Album/Movie/Show title): Love Supreme
TIT2 (Title/songname/content..): Acknowledgement
TCON (Content type): Jazz
TYER (Year): 1964
COMM (Comments): <too large to display>
Notice the changes and lost tags?
Problem #2: Originally, the Comment field in the ID3v1 tag was blank. Now it contains the first 28 characters from the comment that was in the ID3v2 tag.
Problem #3: TPE1 changed from “John Coltrane” to “Coltrane Orchestra”. (This reflects the improper import listed in problem #1)
Problem #4: Data in TPE2 is lost
Media Center Registered 9.0.137 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\
Microsoft Windows 2000 Workstation 5.0 Service Pack 3 (Build 2195)
Intel Pentium III 75 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 325 MB, Free - 133 MB
Internet Explorer: 5.50.4807.2300 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81 / Shlwapi.dll: 5.50.4807.2300
Shell32.dll: 5.00.3502.5436 / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer
Ripping / Drive D: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: No / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: No / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / No burners found.
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: No
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None