ID3

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ID3 is one of the oldest ways of storing metadata. ID3 is intended to be used with mp3 files only. There are two major versions.

ID3v1

This is a very basic tagging format. It's limited to the following fields:

Song title
Artist
Album
Year
Comment
Genre
Album track (ID3v1.1)

ID3v2

ID3v2 is much more advanced than version 1, all fields can be defined freely. It also supports embeding pictures and other data. A rewrite of the file is necassary each time you update an ID3v2 field.

Weblinks

http://www.id3.org