From conrads at cox.net  Sat Apr 21 04:51:59 2012
From: conrads at cox.net (Conrad J. Sabatier)
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:51:59 -0500
Subject: [ID3 Dev] id3v2 (the app): a question re: tag data formatting
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On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:36:39 +0100
Josh Twigg <twigg321 at gmail.com> wrote:

> It is my understanding that if the frame has $00 before it then it
> implies ascii, $01 then it is unicode. I suggest you give the
> specification a good read.

Ah, yes, of course!  Somehow I forgot about that.

I really do need to read the spec again more carefully.  :-)

> Good luck with your program

Thanks!

> On 21 April 2012 10:55, Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> > I've recently begun experimenting with doing a little coding in C to
> > manipulate ID3 tags, and have come across something that surprised
> > me.
> >
> > Briefly, the code I've written so far just parses the ID3 tag and
> > spits out the raw data from each frame.  What's surprising to me is
> > that the actual data in many frames contains leading zeroes.  I'm
> > just wondering why this is.  I've used the id3v2 program to tag
> > most of my files.
> >
> > Can anyone offer any insight into this?  Is this an
> > expected/required behavior, or possibly a bug in the id3v2
> > implementation?
> >
> > Thanks!

-- 
Conrad J. Sabatier
conrads at cox.net

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From conrads at cox.net  Sat Apr 21 02:55:30 2012
From: conrads at cox.net (Conrad J. Sabatier)
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 04:55:30 -0500
Subject: [ID3 Dev] id3v2 (the app): a question re: tag data formatting
Message-ID: <20120421045530.679bf1fa@cox.net>

I've recently begun experimenting with doing a little coding in C to
manipulate ID3 tags, and have come across something that surprised me.

Briefly, the code I've written so far just parses the ID3 tag and spits
out the raw data from each frame.  What's surprising to me is that the
actual data in many frames contains leading zeroes.  I'm just wondering
why this is.  I've used the id3v2 program to tag most of my files.

Can anyone offer any insight into this?  Is this an expected/required
behavior, or possibly a bug in the id3v2 implementation?

Thanks!

-- 
Conrad J. Sabatier
conrads at cox.net

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From twigg321 at gmail.com  Sat Apr 21 03:36:39 2012
From: twigg321 at gmail.com (Josh Twigg)
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:36:39 +0100
Subject: [ID3 Dev] id3v2 (the app): a question re: tag data formatting
In-Reply-To: <20120421045530.679bf1fa@cox.net>
References: <20120421045530.679bf1fa@cox.net>
Message-ID: <CADeNnCcEQKsME+8e1fVSGhG9q3asOtn=GAkByR5PbSmgDv0x0w@mail.gmail.com>

It is my understanding that if the frame has $00 before it then it implies
ascii, $01 then it is unicode. I suggest you give the specification a good
read.

Good luck with your program



On 21 April 2012 10:55, Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads at cox.net> wrote:

> I've recently begun experimenting with doing a little coding in C to
> manipulate ID3 tags, and have come across something that surprised me.
>
> Briefly, the code I've written so far just parses the ID3 tag and spits
> out the raw data from each frame.  What's surprising to me is that the
> actual data in many frames contains leading zeroes.  I'm just wondering
> why this is.  I've used the id3v2 program to tag most of my files.
>
> Can anyone offer any insight into this?  Is this an expected/required
> behavior, or possibly a bug in the id3v2 implementation?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Conrad J. Sabatier
> conrads at cox.net
>
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