[ID3 Dev] WMA-Tag

Martin Teves mt500 at gmx.de
Tue Jul 12 10:01:41 PDT 2005


But isn't WMA tagging (encoded with Windows Media encoder) different from
normal ID3-"Standard"

Regards, Martin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan O'Neill" <id3v2 at northpb.com>
To: <id3v2 at id3.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 2:37 AM
Subject: Re: [ID3 Dev] WMA-Tag


> Martin Teves wrote:
>
> > What is the difference between tagging MP3 and WMA. As written on the
> > FAQ-Page of www.id3.org <http://www.id3.org> page, ID3 is also used for
> > tagging WMA? But what are the details. Which versions of ID3 are used
> > for tagging WMA and what are the differences or limitations in
> > comparison to MP3? (if different)
> >
> > Thank you, Martin
>
> Martin,
>
> The ID3 tag is simply a convention for placing information into a file
> that otherwise contains audio.
>
> The choice as to which version of ID3 tag is used is up to the person
> who created the audio file.
>
> A good MP3/WMA playback device will be able to identify both ID3v1 and
> ID3v2 tags and extract the information correctly and display it to the
> consumer.  The ID3v1 tagging standard is in wide use and has not been
> fully supplanted by the ID3v2 standard, therefore playback devices need
> to read both.
>
> dan
>
>
>
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