<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hello ID3 community,<div><br></div><div>Over the past year we at Beatport have been working to support as many ID3v2.4 frames as we could and populate them with accurate data.</div><div>We have updated our ingestion system for new files and retagged our old files to supply all frames and tags consistently.</div><div><br></div><div>I am excited to announce that as of today we are delivering all of our track MP3s and AIF with IDv2.4 tags containing the following frames:</div><div><div>UFID<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Beatport ID</div><div>TSRC<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>ISRC (international standard recording code)</div><div>APIC $03<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Cover Art [Cover (front)]</div><div>APIC $11<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Beatport Waveform image (brightly colored fish)</div><div>TIT2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Trackname (Mixname) [Original filename]</div><div>TPE1 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Artist [Lead performer(s)/Soloist(s)]</div><div>TPE4 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Remixer [Interpreted, remixed, or otherwise modified by]</div><div>TALB<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Album / Release [Album/Movie/Show title]</div><div>TPUB<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Label [File owner/licensee]</div><div>TDRC<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Year (Published on Beatport)</div><div>TDOR<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Date (Original release)</div><div>TDRL<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Date (Published on Beatport)</div><div>TFLT<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>File Type</div><div>TENC<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Encoded by</div><div>WOAF<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Beatport track detail page URL</div><div>WPUB<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Beatport label detail page URL</div><div>TCON<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Genre</div><div>TKEY<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Key (initial)</div><div>TBPM<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>BPM (Beats per minute)</div><div>TRCK<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Track Number [Track number/Position in set]</div><div>COMM<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Comment</div><div>TIT1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Grouping (iTunes) - So iTunes can see Label</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>We are building solutions to support the following additional frames very shortly:</div><div>OWNE<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Date (Purchased)</div><div>TPOS<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Part of a set</div><div>USLT<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Lyrics (plain text / not timestamped)</div></div><div><br></div><div>We have made the decision to knowingly support v2.4 even though certain applications (such as Windows Media Player) do not.</div><div>With our customers being DJs using the latest tools, applications and technologies this is not an issue as DJ solutions all understand the need for (and support) "on file" tagging with ID3v2.4.</div><div><br></div><div>In the coming months we will be looking to expand the offering of frames not currently supported by version 2.4 and suggest approximately 20 additional frames for a possible version 2.5 frame set.</div><div>I hope to see the ID3 community continue to grow and evolve the format.</div><div><br></div><div>If any out there need additional information regarding the tags that Beatport is currently supporting, or would like to know more about what we will be supporting in the future, please let me know.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><div>
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