[ID3 Dev] foobar2000 ID3v2.3 compliance

[Benjamin Cook]

I would really appreciate it if you would quit second-guessing me, Paul. 
I have yet to tell you anything that was less than 100% accurate.

1.1 brought a change where instead of using null, "/" was used. This 
brought foobar2000 into total compliance with the spec.

1.1.6 beta 2 brought a change where instead of separating with "/", 
values were separated by " / ", that is, a space on either side of the 
slash is the separator. This is marginally less compliant, but still 
sticks to the spec more than pretty much any other implementation I've 
seen. This solves the AC/DC problem benski described.

I do not care to debate the issue. I should hardly need to defend 
increasing compliance with a specification! I just want to see that 
"compliance issue" dropped, as it is no longer accurate, and hasn't been 
for several versions.

As it appears that the consensus is that the spec is deficient on this 
matter, perhaps the "Compliance Issues" page itself should be removed 
altogether, or some other page documenting implemented but varying 
solutions to the spec's deficiencies should be created. foobar2000 is a 
paragon of ID3v2 specification compliance, is one of very few players 
supporting some of the more esoteric features of the spec, and it is 
quite absurd how much resistance I'm encountering trying to get a simple 
update to incorrect documentation.

On 3/29/2011 6:35 AM, Paul Taylor wrote:
> On 28/03/2011 20:24, Benjamin Cook wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> PaulTaylor added the following compliance issue for foobar2000:
>>
>> Null separates multiple values | Null seperates multiple strings in 
>> text frames, didnt come in until ID3v24
>>
>> This was fixed in version 1.1. You can see the changelog here: 
>> http://www.foobar2000.org/changelog
>>
>> Also, the correct name of the player is, as I wrote previously, 
>> "foobar2000", not "Foobar 2000".
>>
>> Thanks.
> Ah, you changed it in 1.1.6 not 1.1 !
>
> Actually, I agree you would be better keeping the null sperator option 
> even though it is not compilant
>
> Paul
>
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