[Bug 677919] New: APE tags should be preffered over ID3v1

[GStreamer (bugzilla.gnome.org)]

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677919
  GStreamer | don't know | git

           Summary: APE tags should be preffered over ID3v1
    Classification: Platform
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: git
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: don't know
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: k.philipp at gmail.com
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
     GNOME version: ---


If for example an MP3 file includes both APE tags and ID3v1 tags at the end of
the file, typefind first finds the ID3v1 tag at the end and after id3demux
having parsed that the APE tag that comes before the ID3v1 tag is found and
read.

Now with ID3v1 being a very limited format and not having a clear definition of
the character set used, reading non-ASCII titles (especially Shift-JIS or
GB18030) from ID3v1 mostly results in garbled characters. As it is parsed
before the APE tag, media players etc. will usually display the not very useful
ID3v1 title. I would therefore propose that in case of ID3v1 and APE tag both
being present, the APE tag should be preffered.

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