ID3 tag is a type of metadata container used to store information about an MP3 file within the audio file itself.
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id3 tags editing with vim
Is there any way I can use gvim or vim to edit id3 tags on already ripped .flac files? Also, maybe somebody know a way to integrate gvim tag editing with rubyripper? Also, I'd like edit id3 tags on flac and mp3 files.
A command line tool which could…

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Extract lyrics from an MP3
Could someone explain how to extract the lyrics from an mp3 file?I tried but I can't get any documents for this purpose.Just like the album art, how can we extract it in to a text file? Is it possible in Java?

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How can I extract metadata from MP3 using PHP?
I have got a PHP script that searches the current directory for MP3 files. I want to be able to get the metadata on the file and assign that to variables.
I am currently trying to use the Mp3Info library but it's complaining when I create an…

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Copy values of a mp3 tag to another tag for a batch of MP3 files
I have a large MP3 directory and somehow the values of album tags (or album names) of the files (for all of them, hundreds) are actually the values of artist tags (or artist names) and vice-versa.
Now I have to copy the values from each other so…

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How to calculate the ID3v2 tag size from mp3 file correctly?
To my shame, I still don't quite understand byte arithmetic and other manipulations. I am trying to calculate the size of the ID3 tag from mp3 file. Versions 3 or 4 and with no extended header. For simplicity, will return an empty list on any…

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Extract Song Information from Embedded Mp3 file, ID3 classes
I am building an application whereby streams live online radio, everything is working fine.
I just need a few tips on how to extract the song information from the embedded mp3 file and display it on the application i.e now playing with the song…

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read / write mp4 id3 tags with PHP
I need to be able to at very least read and preferably write id3 tags connected to an mp4 video file.
I've looked into using getId3() but it's got so many functions that finding those applicable to mp4 video files is difficult and the write demo…

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Taglib errors/warnings
I'm using the c bindings for taglib 1.6.3. When opening a file with taglib_file_new, messages are printed to stderr. How can I control and use these messages? In particular, I would like to catch and handle some of the errors, and secondly I want to…

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ID3 Tag while merging MP3s in real time, using PHP and HTTP Partial Content
What we want to do is to add a kind of MP3 preroll to an other MP3 file in real time. That means we have two physical MP3 files on the server which are not merged into one yet, because ffmpeg & Co. take too much time. It has to be in real time to…

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Objective-C ID3 framework?
I am trying to add/replace album art of MP3 files. Is there an Objective-C framework that will allow me to do this? If not, what the best way to do this? I don't mind using C or C++ but it's better if it's in Objective-C. Thanks!
Update: I found an…

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writing APIC to mp3 file with getid3 (id3v2)
I am trying to write APIC picture to mp3 file with getid3. here is the code;
$cover = "/home/user/public_html/artwork/cover.jpg";
$TagData['attached_picture'][]=array(
'picturetypeid'=>2, // Cover. More: module.tag.id3v2.php -> function…

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iOS : how to create an id3 tag file content like with id3taggenerator in code?
I need to dynamically create and send an id3 tag file content to a video stream from iOS.
For testing puspose I used the Apple id3taggenerator tool to create an hello.id3 file with a command like this :
id3taggenerator -o hello.id3 -title "Hello…

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Get/Setting the Title for videos with C#
I've looked into a couple of libraries, and have only been able to find ID3 libraries for music files. I need a way to edit the "title" field of a couple common video titles. Does anybody have any experience with this and could give me a starting…

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write id3 tags using id3.net tagging library C#
I am using id3.net tagging library for reading and modifying tags,although with the help of this api i can read all id3 tags but i am facing problem in modifying tags.http://id3.codeplex.com/
Id3.Mp3File fs = new…

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Reading ID3 Tags of MP3 Stored Online
Is it possible to read the ID3 tags of an MP3 stored online without actually downloading the entire file?
I've used TagLib Sharp, but to my knowledge you actually have to open the file to read the ID3 tags.

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