[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 568122] New: gstreamer MP3 tags are NOT compatible with MOST Mp3 Players - Need to add v2.3 tags

[GStreamer (bugzilla.gnome.org)]

If you have any questions why you received this email, please see the text at
the end of this email. Replies to this email are NOT read, please see the text
at the end of this email. You can add comments to this bug at:
  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=568122

  GStreamer | gst-plugins-bad | Ver: 0.10.x
           Summary: gstreamer MP3 tags are NOT compatible with MOST Mp3
                    Players - Need to add v2.3 tags
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: 0.10.x
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gst-plugins-bad
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
        ReportedBy: amtor at hotmail.com
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
     GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


I just ripped a CD into MP3 tracks and imported the tracks into my Sansa Fuze
MP3 Player using Sound Juicer.  The MP3's played just fine but the Fuze did NOT
recognize or read the MP3 ID3 Tags.  

After doing some digging, I discovered that Sound Juicer (via gstreamer)
created MP3 ID3 Version 2.4 tags.  Most MP3 Players on the market do NOT read
version 2.4 tags.  (Sanze Fuze, Sony Walkman MP3 players etc).  But most can
read version 2.3 ID3 tags.

I discovered that you can compile and install another gstreamer plugin (called
id3v23mux) that will create mp3 ID3 version 2.3 tags.  In Sound Juicer or
Rhythmbox, you cam modify the gstreamer pipeline for the MP3 encoding and
replace the default tag generator, id3v2mux, with a tag generator that creates
version 2.3 tags, id3v23mux.  I tried it and it works great.

See http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459226
Emmanuel Rodriguez did a great job developing the necessary code.  A link to
the source code is in this post.

It would be great if this id3v23mux plugin was also included in gstreamer.  It
would give people the option of encoding mp3 ID3 tags into the version 2.3
format.  As mentioned, many, if not most, MP3 players today can only read
version 2.3 tags (NOT version 2.4 tags).

Rob
P.S.  Tested Sound Juicer (and Rhythmbox) on Ubuntu Hardy Heron with a Sanza
Fuze MP3 Player.


-- 
See http://bugzilla.gnome.org/page.cgi?id=email.html for more info about why you received
this email, why you can't respond via email, how to stop receiving
emails (or reduce the number you receive), and how to contact someone
if you are having problems with the system.

You can add comments to this bug at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=568122.