https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=432583
Bug ID: 432583
Summary: Add details on the various version of a same tag
Product: kid3
Version: 3.8.x
Platform: macOS (DMG)
OS: macOS
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: uflei...@users.sourceforge.net
Reporter: seb.lebre...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 135467
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=135467&action=edit
Sample mp3 file + kid3 screenshot
SUMMARY
When there are several identical fields (e.g. Comment) in the same file, kid3
doesn't show its attributes (e.g. language) so it's hard to identify them to
decide which to delete/edit.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Load an mp3 file with several COMMENTS field with different language ('XXX'
or 'eng')
2. Observe that the 2 COMMENTS field appear with their respective value, but
they look exactly the same (except if the value is different)
OBSERVED RESULT
I didn't find a way to tell which COMMENT is 'XXX' or 'eng' language
EXPECTED RESULT
Having details about the tags attributes would be helpful in order to decide
which one to delete / edit.
In my case this is important because for some reason, I have files where the
tags have been messed up by iTunes or another software, which caused the Finder
to show some value, and iTunes or Music app to show the other one. And of
course editing it in iTunes/Music doesn't change the other one making it pretty
confusing.
I was able to figure out the problem by using Yate (another tagging software)
by selecting my file and using the "view metadata as text & raw" feature :
there is an old COMMENT field with language 'XXX' and value "*TRACKS* °USA°
Process of Elimination EP" that the finder is using for its "getinfo" window,
and another COMMENT with language 'eng' and value "*TRACKS* °USA°" that
iTunes/Music app is using for its display. In the example attached, the
COMMENTS also have different values, but I had other files where the value was
the same making it impossible to identify which one to clean. I noticed that if
I delete the wrong one ('eng') iTunes will still be able to display the COMMENT
(using a fallback to 'XXX' I guess) but if I edit it in iTunes/Music then
another comment ('eng') is created and Finder (and other apps potentially)
still displays the initial 'XXX' version.
So there's obviously some flaws and inconsistencies in iTunes/Music/Finder tag
management, but having kid3 display the language (or other attributes that may
be interesting) for each tag (for instance in parenthesis, e.g. "Comment
('eng')" and "Comment ('XXX')) would help a lot when trying to figure out and
fix that kind of weird tagging issues.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Kid3 version 3.8.4
macOS: 11.2 (M1 chip)
Qt Version: 5.9.7
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Attached is an archive containing a sample mp3 file and kid3 screenshot.
Here's the full output of Yate's "text & raw" view :
File = /Users/slb/Documents/BACKUP FIX TAGS (before edit)/TRACKS - FIX TAGS
(good comment in finder but ignored by itunes)/Negative Approach - Lost
Cause.mp3
Title: Lost Cause
Artist: Negative Approach
Album Artist: Various Artist
Album: # Metal / HxC # TRACKS
Year: 1981
Genre: Metal / HxC
Part of a Compilation: 1
Comments:
desc =
language = XXX
value = *TRACKS* °USA° Process of Elimination EP
Comments:
desc =
language = eng
value = *TRACKS* °USA°
User Defined Text Info:
desc = Band
value = Negative Approach
Free Space located = 34
Raw Data:
File size: 1407104
Format: MPEG-1, Layer 3
File contains Xing header at offset 388
Channel mode: Joint stereo
Sample rate: 44100 Hz
Duration: 37146 ms
Bit rate: 304 kbits/sec VBR
File contains an ID3 Version 1 tag
ID3 Tag version 2.3.0
Tag at offset: 0 size = 388
Padding: 34 bytes
Audio base: 388 size = 1406588
00000010 00000043 00000033 (0000T0) TXXX Band
10: 54 58 58 58 00 00 00 17 00 00 00 42 61 6e 64 00 4e 65 67 61
|TXXX.......Band.Nega|
30: 74 69 76 65 20 41 70 70 72 6f 61 63 68 |tive Approach
|
00000043 00000056 00000013 (0000T0) TCMP
43: 54 43 4d 50 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 31 00 |TCMP.......1.
|
00000056 00000154 00000098 (0000T1) COMM
56: 43 4f 4d 4d 00 00 00 58 00 00 01 58 58 58 00 00 ff fe 2a 00
|COMM...X...XXX...þ*.|
76: 54 00 52 00 41 00 43 00 4b 00 53 00 2a 00 20 00 b0 00 55 00
|T.R.A.C.K.S.*. .°.U.|
96: 53 00 41 00 b0 00 20 00 50 00 72 00 6f 00 63 00 65 00 73 00 |S.A.°.
.P.r.o.c.e.s.|
116: 73 00 20 00 6f 00 66 00 20 00 45 00 6c 00 69 00 6d 00 69 00 |s. .o.f.
.E.l.i.m.i.|
136: 6e 00 61 00 74 00 69 00 6f 00 6e 00 20 00 45 00 50 00 |n.a.t.i.o.n.
.E.P. |
00000154 00000176 00000022 (0000T0) TIT2
154: 54 49 54 32 00 00 00 0c 00 00 00 4c 6f 73 74 20 43 61 75 73
|TIT2.......Lost Caus|
174: 65 00 |e.
|
00000176 00000205 00000029 (0000T0) TPE1
176: 54 50 45 31 00 00 00 13 00 00 00 4e 65 67 61 74 69 76 65 20
|TPE1.......Negative |
196: 41 70 70 72 6f 61 63 68 00 |Approach.
|
00000205 00000231 00000026 (0000T0) TPE2
205: 54 50 45 32 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 56 61 72 69 6f 75 73 20 41
|TPE2.......Various A|
225: 72 74 69 73 74 00 |rtist.
|
00000231 00000265 00000034 (0000T0) TALB
231: 54 41 4c 42 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 23 20 4d 65 74 61 6c 20 2f |TALB.......#
Metal /|
251: 20 48 78 43 20 23 20 54 52 41 43 4b 53 00 | HxC #
TRACKS. |
00000265 00000281 00000016 (0000T0) TDRC
265: 54 59 45 52 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 31 39 38 31 00
|TYER.......1981. |
00000281 00000304 00000023 (0000T0) TCON
281: 54 43 4f 4e 00 00 00 0d 00 00 00 4d 65 74 61 6c 20 2f 20 48
|TCON.......Metal / H|
301: 78 43 00 |xC.
|
00000304 00000354 00000050 (0000T1) COMM
304: 43 4f 4d 4d 00 00 00 28 00 00 01 65 6e 67 ff fe 00 00 ff fe
|COMM...(...eng.þ...þ|
324: 2a 00 54 00 52 00 41 00 43 00 4b 00 53 00 2a 00 20 00 b0 00
|*.T.R.A.C.K.S.*. .°.|
344: 55 00 53 00 41 00 b0 00 00 00 |U.S.A.°...
|
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