Re: How to extract the basic info from an audio file?

Check out the QuickTime Metadata API. Here's a pointer to the reference document: You may want a more verbose guide to get you started. If so, check out the QuickTime 7 Update G

Re: How to extract the basic info from an audio file?

That would be awesome. But from the qtkit framework you can get only track attributes, such as the format, the creation date, the size and so on. However, the best way to deal with id3 tags is currently the id3tag framework, entirely written in Cocoa.

Re: How to extract the basic info from an audio file?

On 24 Mar 09, at 23:58, ldl0313036 wrote: I want to extract an audio file's basic information in my application. Like the iTunes ,when importing a song, the song's information (for example,Name ,Time ,Artist, Album ,Genre,Rating...) is extracted from the audio file. How to do it? Is there an

Re: How to extract the basic info from an audio file?

Not really cocoa related, but what you want depends on the format of the metadata. For ordinary mp3 files the norm is to use id3tags. There are various libraries out there for handling id3tags. Google is your friend. Sent from my iPhone On 25 Mar 2009, at 06:58, ldl0313036 wrote: Hi eve

How to extract the basic info from an audio file?

Hi everyone I want to extract an audio file's basic information in my application. Like the iTunes ,when importing a song, the song's information (for example,Name ,Time ,Artist, Album ,Genre,Rating...) is extracted from the audio file. How to do it? Is there any API about it ?