AIFF files from Beatport, No Meta Data in Winamp

innerspace · 24th July 2012, 01:41

Beatport files that have meta data such as cover art and track details do not show up in Winamp. Is there something I have missed or should this go into the Bugs forum?

DJ Egg · 24th July 2012, 09:58

Hi innerspace

Alas, Winamp's Waveform Decoder (in_wave.dll), which provides playback support for WAV, AIF/AIFF/AIFC and other waveform formats, does not support metadata (reading or writing) :-(

These formats do not natively support metadata, or at least, there's no standard tagging method for them... afaik.

innerspace · 25th July 2012, 01:41

Ok. but there has to be some standard because beatport is using metadata with aiff files. They work in du gear and software like pioneers cdj 2000 and native instruments traktor.

if this isn't a standard then it would be a feature request. but if the industry has standardized this would it be a bug? Right?

Also what about broadcast WAV files. those have meta data does winamp support that?

DrO · 25th July 2012, 01:53

wav files don't have a truely standard tagging format - yes somethings can be put in a RIFF header but even that's not standardised from my understanding when this came up a few years back (and i don't think much has changed since then).

there are different approaches with some having better adoption than others, but then you get things like slapping an ID3 tag (as used on MP3 files) on the wav file (which sounds like that might be the case with your file if you've able to have coverart). however that isn't ideal doing that or using APEv2 tags (as is an alternative i've heard being used on these files).

whatever the case, it would be a feature request though it would be a very bastardised request if what you have is wav + ID3 (or something like that) as it's cobbling two unrelated things together as a way to workaround what was never intended. as such i'll shift this to the wishlist forum (though that never guarantees anything ever happening).

-daz

innerspace · 25th July 2012, 04:13

Thanks for the help guys!

24th July 2012, 01:41	#1
innerspace Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 7	AIFF files from Beatport, No Meta Data in Winamp Beatport files that have meta data such as cover art and track details do not show up in Winamp. Is there something I have missed or should this go into the Bugs forum?

24th July 2012, 09:58	#2
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,912	Hi innerspace Alas, Winamp's Waveform Decoder (in_wave.dll), which provides playback support for WAV, AIF/AIFF/AIFC and other waveform formats, does not support metadata (reading or writing) :-( These formats do not natively support metadata, or at least, there's no standard tagging method for them... afaik. Playlist -\|- Twitter

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25th July 2012, 01:41	#3
innerspace Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 7	Ok. but there has to be some standard because beatport is using metadata with aiff files. They work in du gear and software like pioneers cdj 2000 and native instruments traktor. if this isn't a standard then it would be a feature request. but if the industry has standardized this would it be a bug? Right? Also what about broadcast WAV files. those have meta data does winamp support that?

25th July 2012, 01:53	#4
DrO Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 27,873	wav files don't have a truely standard tagging format - yes somethings can be put in a RIFF header but even that's not standardised from my understanding when this came up a few years back (and i don't think much has changed since then). there are different approaches with some having better adoption than others, but then you get things like slapping an ID3 tag (as used on MP3 files) on the wav file (which sounds like that might be the case with your file if you've able to have coverart). however that isn't ideal doing that or using APEv2 tags (as is an alternative i've heard being used on these files). whatever the case, it would be a feature request though it would be a very bastardised request if what you have is wav + ID3 (or something like that) as it's cobbling two unrelated things together as a way to workaround what was never intended. as such i'll shift this to the wishlist forum (though that never guarantees anything ever happening). -daz

25th July 2012, 04:13	#5
innerspace Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 7	Thanks for the help guys!