[ID3 Dev] ID3V2 tag length

[Mitchell S. Honnert]

The ID3v2 tag is most definately variable length.  The v2 tag can store any number of "frames" which themselves are variable length. See the standards documents here http://www.id3.org/develop.html for more details.

Mitchell S. Honnert
www.UltraID3Lib.com


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ray MONK 
  To: id3v2 at id3.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 11:05 AM
  Subject: [ID3 Dev] ID3V2 tag length


  Congratulations on your excellent site!

  I have recently updated my Creative Jukebox from 6GB to 40GB in order to store more MP3's. I understand that the tags are held in RAM and therefore I wish to keep the tags as small as possible in order that I may store the maximum number of songs. Presumably the RAM holds the TAG details plus the disk address where the song is stored. Can anyone tell me (please) if ID3v2 are variable length records as opposed to v1 which appear to be fixed length.
  Any info would be appreciated'

  Ray
    
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