I have a large number of files that don't appear in the artist or album lists.
After lots of fluffing about I found that the identifiers were only 3 characters long.
kid3-qt can process the 3-char fields and I used that to rewrite the tags. The
identifiers were now 4 characters long, and the files appeared in the lists.
What is the likelihood that gmb could be made to process 3-character identifiers?
A hex dump of the first few lines of a sample file ...
Original File:
0000000: 4944 3303 0000 0000 112f 5454 3200 0000 ID3....../TT2...
0000010: 0014 0000 0052 6f63 6b20 2620 526f 6c6c .....Rock & Roll
0000020: 2053 7569 6369 6465 5450 3100 0000 000c SuicideTP1.....
0000030: 0000 0044 6176 6964 2042 6f77 6965 5443 ...David BowieTC
0000040: 4d00 0000 000d 0000 0044 6176 6964 2042 M........David B
0000050: 6f77 6965 0054 414c 0000 0000 2000 0000 owie.TAL.... ...
0000060: 5468 6520 5369 6e67 6c65 7320 436f 6c6c The Singles Coll
0000070: 6563 7469 6f6e 205b 4469 7363 2031 5d54 ection [Disc 1]T
0000080: 524b 0000 0000 0600 0000 3132 2f31 3954 RK........12/19T
0000090: 5041 0000 0000 0400 0000 312f 3254 5945 PA........1/2TYE
00000a0: 0000 0000 0500 0000 3139 3933 5443 4f00 ........1993TCO.
00000b0: 0000 0005 0000 0028 3137 2954 454e 0000 .......(17)TEN..
00000c0: 0000 1000 0000 6954 756e 6573 2076 362e ......iTunes v6.
00000d0: 302e 342e 3243 4f4d 0000 0000 5f00 0000 0.4.2COM...._...
00000e0: 656e 6700 2030 3030 3030 3538 3820 3030 eng. 00000588 00
File after being saved from kid3-qt (Title changed)
0000000: 4944 3303 0000 0000 112f 5449 5432 0000 ID3....../TIT2..
0000010: 0014 0000 0044 7563 6b20 2620 446f 6c6c .....Duck & Doll
0000020: 2053 7569 6369 6465 5450 4531 0000 000c SuicideTPE1....
0000030: 0000 0044 6176 6964 2042 6f77 6965 5443 ...David BowieTC
0000040: 4f4d 0000 000d 0000 0044 6176 6964 2042 OM.......David B
0000050: 6f77 6965 0054 414c 4200 0000 2000 0000 owie.TALB... ...
0000060: 5468 6520 5369 6e67 6c65 7320 436f 6c6c The Singles Coll
0000070: 6563 7469 6f6e 205b 4469 7363 2031 5d54 ection [Disc 1]T
0000080: 5243 4b00 0000 0600 0000 3132 2f31 3954 RCK.......12/19T
0000090: 504f 5300 0000 0400 0000 312f 3254 5945 POS.......1/2TYE
00000a0: 5200 0000 0500 0000 3139 3933 5443 4f4e R.......1993TCON
00000b0: 0000 0005 0000 0028 3137 2954 454e 4300 .......(17)TENC.
00000c0: 0000 1040 0000 6954 756e 6573 2076 362e [email protected] v6.
00000d0: 302e 342e 3243 4f4d 4d00 0000 5f00 0000 0.4.2COMM..._...
00000e0: 656e 6700 2030 3030 3030 3538 3820 3030 eng. 00000588 00
After lots of fluffing about I found that the identifiers were only 3 characters long.
kid3-qt can process the 3-char fields and I used that to rewrite the tags. The
identifiers were now 4 characters long, and the files appeared in the lists.
What is the likelihood that gmb could be made to process 3-character identifiers?
A hex dump of the first few lines of a sample file ...
Original File:
0000000: 4944 3303 0000 0000 112f 5454 3200 0000 ID3....../TT2...
0000010: 0014 0000 0052 6f63 6b20 2620 526f 6c6c .....Rock & Roll
0000020: 2053 7569 6369 6465 5450 3100 0000 000c SuicideTP1.....
0000030: 0000 0044 6176 6964 2042 6f77 6965 5443 ...David BowieTC
0000040: 4d00 0000 000d 0000 0044 6176 6964 2042 M........David B
0000050: 6f77 6965 0054 414c 0000 0000 2000 0000 owie.TAL.... ...
0000060: 5468 6520 5369 6e67 6c65 7320 436f 6c6c The Singles Coll
0000070: 6563 7469 6f6e 205b 4469 7363 2031 5d54 ection [Disc 1]T
0000080: 524b 0000 0000 0600 0000 3132 2f31 3954 RK........12/19T
0000090: 5041 0000 0000 0400 0000 312f 3254 5945 PA........1/2TYE
00000a0: 0000 0000 0500 0000 3139 3933 5443 4f00 ........1993TCO.
00000b0: 0000 0005 0000 0028 3137 2954 454e 0000 .......(17)TEN..
00000c0: 0000 1000 0000 6954 756e 6573 2076 362e ......iTunes v6.
00000d0: 302e 342e 3243 4f4d 0000 0000 5f00 0000 0.4.2COM...._...
00000e0: 656e 6700 2030 3030 3030 3538 3820 3030 eng. 00000588 00
File after being saved from kid3-qt (Title changed)
0000000: 4944 3303 0000 0000 112f 5449 5432 0000 ID3....../TIT2..
0000010: 0014 0000 0044 7563 6b20 2620 446f 6c6c .....Duck & Doll
0000020: 2053 7569 6369 6465 5450 4531 0000 000c SuicideTPE1....
0000030: 0000 0044 6176 6964 2042 6f77 6965 5443 ...David BowieTC
0000040: 4f4d 0000 000d 0000 0044 6176 6964 2042 OM.......David B
0000050: 6f77 6965 0054 414c 4200 0000 2000 0000 owie.TALB... ...
0000060: 5468 6520 5369 6e67 6c65 7320 436f 6c6c The Singles Coll
0000070: 6563 7469 6f6e 205b 4469 7363 2031 5d54 ection [Disc 1]T
0000080: 5243 4b00 0000 0600 0000 3132 2f31 3954 RCK.......12/19T
0000090: 504f 5300 0000 0400 0000 312f 3254 5945 POS.......1/2TYE
00000a0: 5200 0000 0500 0000 3139 3933 5443 4f4e R.......1993TCON
00000b0: 0000 0005 0000 0028 3137 2954 454e 4300 .......(17)TENC.
00000c0: 0000 1040 0000 6954 756e 6573 2076 362e [email protected] v6.
00000d0: 302e 342e 3243 4f4d 4d00 0000 5f00 0000 0.4.2COMM..._...
00000e0: 656e 6700 2030 3030 3030 3538 3820 3030 eng. 00000588 00