Reading ID3 Tags from .MP3 files
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Hi, i know this question has probably been asked 1 million times (but i cant seem to find an answer) How can you read the ID3 tag (track name, artist, etc) from an mp3 file WITHOUT using COM, Media player extensions, etc. ONLY whats in the C++ std lib and the W32 API?. i figure that this information is probably written in all mp3 files at a fixed position (the start probably?) along with its lenght, if so, i guess it would be realatively easy to just open the file the "raw" mode (via fopen(), CreateFile() or whatever), read the lenght of the info, create a buffer with the proper size, and put the info itself in the buffer. Can anyone point me in the proper direction? Thanks!
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Hi, i know this question has probably been asked 1 million times (but i cant seem to find an answer) How can you read the ID3 tag (track name, artist, etc) from an mp3 file WITHOUT using COM, Media player extensions, etc. ONLY whats in the C++ std lib and the W32 API?. i figure that this information is probably written in all mp3 files at a fixed position (the start probably?) along with its lenght, if so, i guess it would be realatively easy to just open the file the "raw" mode (via fopen(), CreateFile() or whatever), read the lenght of the info, create a buffer with the proper size, and put the info itself in the buffer. Can anyone point me in the proper direction? Thanks!
It's at the end, ID3 v1 is clear text, v2 is compressed. There's a number of free classes on the web that do it, I don't have any of them anymore, sorry. Please don't use fopen, unless you're using C and not C++. Use iostreams where you can. Christian I have drunk the cool-aid and found it wan and bitter. - Chris Maunder
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Hi, i know this question has probably been asked 1 million times (but i cant seem to find an answer) How can you read the ID3 tag (track name, artist, etc) from an mp3 file WITHOUT using COM, Media player extensions, etc. ONLY whats in the C++ std lib and the W32 API?. i figure that this information is probably written in all mp3 files at a fixed position (the start probably?) along with its lenght, if so, i guess it would be realatively easy to just open the file the "raw" mode (via fopen(), CreateFile() or whatever), read the lenght of the info, create a buffer with the proper size, and put the info itself in the buffer. Can anyone point me in the proper direction? Thanks!
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Hi, i know this question has probably been asked 1 million times (but i cant seem to find an answer) How can you read the ID3 tag (track name, artist, etc) from an mp3 file WITHOUT using COM, Media player extensions, etc. ONLY whats in the C++ std lib and the W32 API?. i figure that this information is probably written in all mp3 files at a fixed position (the start probably?) along with its lenght, if so, i guess it would be realatively easy to just open the file the "raw" mode (via fopen(), CreateFile() or whatever), read the lenght of the info, create a buffer with the proper size, and put the info itself in the buffer. Can anyone point me in the proper direction? Thanks!
Go to http://www.wotsit.org and search for "MP3". :) Best regards, Dominik
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Hi, i know this question has probably been asked 1 million times (but i cant seem to find an answer) How can you read the ID3 tag (track name, artist, etc) from an mp3 file WITHOUT using COM, Media player extensions, etc. ONLY whats in the C++ std lib and the W32 API?. i figure that this information is probably written in all mp3 files at a fixed position (the start probably?) along with its lenght, if so, i guess it would be realatively easy to just open the file the "raw" mode (via fopen(), CreateFile() or whatever), read the lenght of the info, create a buffer with the proper size, and put the info itself in the buffer. Can anyone point me in the proper direction? Thanks!
ID3v1 is cake, seek 256 bytes from the end, and if the first three bytes are "TAG", then a tag is present. ID3v2 is way more complicated, check out id3lib for free source code that reads v2.x tags. --Mike-- Personal stuff:: Ericahist | Homepage Shareware stuff:: 1ClickPicGrabber | RightClick-Encrypt CP stuff:: CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ ---- You cannot stop me with paramecium alone!
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Hi, i know this question has probably been asked 1 million times (but i cant seem to find an answer) How can you read the ID3 tag (track name, artist, etc) from an mp3 file WITHOUT using COM, Media player extensions, etc. ONLY whats in the C++ std lib and the W32 API?. i figure that this information is probably written in all mp3 files at a fixed position (the start probably?) along with its lenght, if so, i guess it would be realatively easy to just open the file the "raw" mode (via fopen(), CreateFile() or whatever), read the lenght of the info, create a buffer with the proper size, and put the info itself in the buffer. Can anyone point me in the proper direction? Thanks!
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Hi, i know this question has probably been asked 1 million times (but i cant seem to find an answer) How can you read the ID3 tag (track name, artist, etc) from an mp3 file WITHOUT using COM, Media player extensions, etc. ONLY whats in the C++ std lib and the W32 API?. i figure that this information is probably written in all mp3 files at a fixed position (the start probably?) along with its lenght, if so, i guess it would be realatively easy to just open the file the "raw" mode (via fopen(), CreateFile() or whatever), read the lenght of the info, create a buffer with the proper size, and put the info itself in the buffer. Can anyone point me in the proper direction? Thanks!
CodeProject has an answer for nearly everything: http://www.codeproject.com/audio/cmp3info.asp[^] Regards, mYkel
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Hi, i know this question has probably been asked 1 million times (but i cant seem to find an answer) How can you read the ID3 tag (track name, artist, etc) from an mp3 file WITHOUT using COM, Media player extensions, etc. ONLY whats in the C++ std lib and the W32 API?. i figure that this information is probably written in all mp3 files at a fixed position (the start probably?) along with its lenght, if so, i guess it would be realatively easy to just open the file the "raw" mode (via fopen(), CreateFile() or whatever), read the lenght of the info, create a buffer with the proper size, and put the info itself in the buffer. Can anyone point me in the proper direction? Thanks!
