2014-12-29, 06:53
(2014-12-20, 15:25)mancer Wrote: Uhm... do FLAC and MP3 files handle the tags differently...?
FLAC tags are nothing like ID3. The basic rule on FLAC (actually Vorbis Comments) is each "tag" contains a single "value". So if you have multiple artists you simply repeat the "ARTIST" tag as many times as necessary. The main advantage of ID3 v2.4 over 2.3 is that 2.4 uses a "null" as the value separator, while 2.3 is inconsistent (the only thing in the spec is for composer and artist, which uses "/" within the value as a separator. There's nothing for any other tag so each tagging application does its own thing). 2.4 also supports UTF8 encoding, while 2.3 only supports UTF16 but that's probably more of a programmer thing than a user thing. So the advantage of 2.4 tags is you can be sure that XBMC/Kodi can understand what is to be treated as a multiple value, without worrying about "AC/DC" showing up as two artists.
scott s.
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