The ID3v2.3 spec as written on the ID3.org website says:<br><br>"TCON<br>"The 'Content type', which previously was stored as a one byte numeric value only, is now a numeric string. You may use one or several of the types as ID3v1.1 did or ..... define your own."<br><br>The various music-management software I am using (MediaMonkey, Mp3tag, etc.) are writing alphanumeric (English words) data to this type (Genre) frame. So I would like to clarify a few things.<br><br>(1) Is a TCON frame really supposed to contain a numeric string? If so, what is the definition of a "numeric string"? <br><br>(2) If I have English words in a TCON frame<br>e.g. TCON = Soul R&B Motown<br>will that cause a problem with any apps down the road?<br><br>(3) If alphanumeric words are allowed, what is the best way to delimit multiple values in the frame? Are there any characters - delimiters or otherwise - that should be avoided in a TCON frame?<br><br>So far, I have
experimented with simply adding the multiple genres as a text string delimited only with spaces (as in the earlier example). This seems to work OK for now, since I typically am searching for files with TCON containing a certain substring. Is this a robust use of the TCON frame? Are there rules/guidelines for entering multiple values into a Text Information Frame? <br><br>One other question (which will show off what a newbie I am):<br><br>What is the essential difference(s) between Text Information Frames (TALB, TBPM, ...) and Comments Frames. As best I can tell, a Text Information Frame is to contain a single string of text, with no carriage returns allowed. A Comments Frame can contain carriage returns (newlines). Is that the essential difference? Also, is the USLT (Lyrics) frame type basically the same as a COMM frame, but simply with a specific purpose? <br><br>Thanks for any advice/guidance you can offer.<br><p>
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