[ID3 Dev] What frame to use?

[Jud White]

http://www.id3.org/iTunes_Compilation_Flag

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Pascal Hibon <phibon at scarlet.be> wrote:

>  Hi guys,
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> Thank you both for the reply.
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> One other question. I have searched for the TCMP frame in the ID3v2.4
> definition but I couldn’t find it. I’m interested to know how this frames
> should be constructed.
>
> iTunes is doing it like this:
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> TCMP xx xx xx xx yy yy 00 31 00 if the file is part of a compilation. (xx
> xx xx xx = size and yy yy are the flags).
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> Would this be the correct way to do it?
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> Thank you,
>
> Pascal
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> *From:* Jud White [mailto:judson.white at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* zondag 11 april 2010 22:10
> *To:* id3v2 at id3.org
> *Subject:* Re: [ID3 Dev] What frame to use?
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> You can use TCMP in ID3v2.3. It's not official, but a lot of players
> support it.
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> If you mean how to identify the artist of the compilation, for example, a
> DJ compilation, I've seen TXXX VA Artist used, not by iTunes, but that's the
> closest thing I've seen. In case the scenario isn't clear here's an example
> http://bit.ly/cpx7lL (amazon.com) where Reid Speed would be the VA Artist
> and Dylan, K, Filthy Dirty Rich v. Angelai, etc would go in TPE1.
>
> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Paul Taylor <paul_t100 at fastmail.fm>
> wrote:
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> Pascal Hibon wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> Let’s say we have a song with title A from artist B that is recorded an
> album called C. The album C is a compilation album. So A, B and C would use
> the following frames:
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> TIT2 = A
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> TALB = C
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> TPE1 = B
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> In what frame would I identify the “compilation” or various artists? I have
> looked into the ID3v2.3 standard but I couldn’t find a specific frame for
> such information. What ID3v2.3 frame should I use for that kind of
> information?
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> Thank you,
>
> Pascal
>
> In ID3v24 you would use TCMP, no such frame exists for ID3v23 but I would
> use TCMP for this as well, this is what iTunes does
>
> Paul
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