ID3 v.1 Bug

[Drasla]

Winamp allows you to enter in two more characters in the comment field of ID3 v.1 or 1.1 tags than it actually saves.

- Kurt

[Sawg]

No bug, a standard. If you enter a track number for ID3v1.1 it uses the last two bits of the comment field. So it goes from 30 characters to 28 characters.

[c2R]

There's loads of information about the id3 standard on http://www.id3.org, including a short history.

[NRen2k5]

I use ID3v1.0 for my ID3v1 tags. No point in using tracknumbers in ID3v1, especially if you add them in the ID3v2 tag, if you add one...

[Drasla]

Yeah, that's a bug. If you use the track# tag, winamp should only permit you to enter in 28 characters in the comment field. It should run a diagnostic to see if the track # tag is present, then adjust the maximum string width accordingly, otherwise its giving the impression that your saving more information than you are.

[Sawg]

Well, what if you already implemented a comment and then enter a track? it would have to go back and then remove the characters form the text box. Even not it is still dynamically setting the box limits. It is a lot of extra code for a very little feature.

[Drasla]

Point taken, I'll shut up.

[peter]

id3 format is one big bug. creators of id3 should be shot for making mess.