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More => Old Versions => Media Jukebox => Topic started by: LCtheDJ on February 17, 2002, 10:34:47 pm

Title: User selectable ID3 v2.3 fields?
Post by: LCtheDJ on February 17, 2002, 10:34:47 pm

I haven't seen any mp3 players do this, so I'm wondering if it is too hard or impossible to do.  Can anyone tell me if it is?

I'd like to have something like Custom Fields, but instead of a special use field that is stored in the database, the user can choose from all the official ID3 tag fields, which one(s) will be displayed/written by the application.

It would work something like this: I want to access the BPM field (beats per minute) just like any other field is.  I could sort and search and use it just like all the fields that are available now.  Instead of using say, Custom 1, I have a blank spot in the program's variables where I can plug in the field title if I know it.  In this case I enter 'TBPM', and now the program has that field as part of its normal operation.  The program will then write info into the ID3 tag for that field and display it in the Library/Database.

I would expect a limited number of User Selected Fields to be available - maybe three or four?

I believe most programs provide access to many fields we don't use, and ignore some we'd like to use if we could.  If a program had this ability, it would become the central program that all others would have to go through for cross-compatibility.  (Until the others were abandoned in favor of this program that removed the need for any other.)

Can it be done?  If it can, I'll be running it right over to the Wishlist.

In case anyone is interested, here are the tag fields available:
http://www.id3.org/id3v2.3.0.html#sec4

Title: RE:User selectable ID3 v2.3 fields?
Post by: LCtheDJ on February 18, 2002, 01:32:00 pm

Please excuse my mistake.  According to http://www.id3.org/id3v2.3.0.html the correct term should be 'frames' instead of 'fields'.

Title: RE:User selectable ID3 v2.3 fields?
Post by: LCtheDJ on February 19, 2002, 06:02:50 am

What is the recommended time to wait before bumping up an inquiry when there has been no response?

Title: RE:User selectable ID3 v2.3 fields?
Post by: LCtheDJ on February 21, 2002, 04:56:43 am

One day, two days, bump.

Maybe a better subject description would be "User defined tag frames"?

Title: RE:User selectable ID3 v2.3 fields?
Post by: Matt on February 21, 2002, 05:10:54 am

LCtheDJ, this would be cool, but we don't have time for version 8.0 because it isn't a real small change.

What fields do you want that aren't there?  We're going to add a few.

Thanks.

-Matt

Title: RE:User selectable ID3 v2.3 fields?
Post by: LCtheDJ on February 21, 2002, 06:41:47 am

A very useful bit of information for any DJ or dance instructor is Beats Per Minute.  That and some others would be:

TBPM - BPM (beats per minute)
TENC - Encoded by
TSSE - Software/Hardware and settings used for encoding

Title: RE:User selectable ID3 v2.3 fields?
Post by: koreth on February 21, 2002, 08:50:09 am

I'd love BPM too.  Right now I'm using a custom field for that and its utility is limited because MJ treats it as a string rather than a number (can't do range searches on it).