On 14 Sep 2007 at 15:52, Ian Malone wrote:> Vorbis comments could do better than they currently do > but no-one seems compelled to implement any of the exotic > tag proposals that have hung around for years.Exotic tag proposals?! Do you mean the ones linked from the wiki? As far can tell, the only roadblock to "implementation" (by which, I assume you mean support from players) is their unofficial status. -- -:-:- David K. Gasaway -:-:- Email: dave@gasaway.org -:-:- Web : dave.gasaway.org
David K. Gasaway wrote:> On 14 Sep 2007 at 15:52, Ian Malone wrote: > >> Vorbis comments could do better than they currently do >> but no-one seems compelled to implement any of the exotic >> tag proposals that have hung around for years. > > Exotic tag proposals?! Do you mean the ones linked from the wiki? As > far can tell, the only roadblock to "implementation" (by which, I > assume you mean support from players) is their unofficial status. >Yes. I know of only three uses of extensions to the standard set of vorbiscomments in the wild: 1. Rhythmbox makes use of the DISCNUMBER field. It cannot be set by the user (must use another program to set the info). 2. REPLAYGAIN is understood by a few players (can't remember if Winamp or Directshow filters will do it). Command line tool or foobar2000 to set them. 3. Musicbrainz tags. Only Musicbrainz software seems to interact with these (it will of course add year, title etc. too). On the other hand not even all of the standard set is commonly used (ISRC, organization). -- imalone
Ian Malone wrote:> Yes. I know of only three uses of extensions to the standard > set of vorbiscomments in the wild:Quod Libet uses many more, like DISCNUMBER, COMPOSER, CONDUCTOR, ARRANGER, etc. Unfortunately, it takes a different approach to the PART tag. Foobar2000 (a great Windows player that I've successfully used in Wine) can be configured to use any tags you like. -- -:-:- David K. Gasaway -:-:- Email: dave@gasaway.org -:-:- Web : dave.gasaway.org