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<tr align="center"><td class=h1> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=979">id3lib</a> </td></tr> | |
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id3lib is an <a href="http://www.opensource.org">open-source</a>, | |
cross-platform software development library for reading, writing, | |
and manipulating <a href="http://www.id3.org/id3v1.html">ID3v1</a> | |
and <a href="http://www.id3.org">ID3v2</a> tags. It | |
is an on-going project whose primary goals are full compliance with | |
the <a href="http://www.id3.org">ID3v2</a> standard, portability | |
across several platforms, and providing a powerful and feature-rich | |
API with a highly stable and efficient implementation. | |
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<dt><b>Powerful</b></dt> | |
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id3lib automatically handles most of the low-level details | |
involved with manipulating <a | |
href="http://www.id3.org/id3v1.html">ID3v1</a> and <a | |
href="http://www.id3.org">ID3v2</a> tags in digital audio | |
files. It provides support for several tasks associated with | |
manipulating such tags, such as conversion between tagging | |
formats, identifying valid tags, converting | |
sizes, synchronisation, compression, and padding. | |
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<dt><b>Standards-compliant</b></dt> | |
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While many digital audio libraries and applications provide | |
minimal support | |
for basic <a href="http://www.id3.org/id3v1.html">ID3v1</a> | |
tagging, few provide the same level of support for the up-and-coming | |
<a href="http://www.id3.org">ID3v2</a> standard like id3lib. | |
The developers of id3lib work closely with the <a | |
href="http://www.id3.org">ID3v2</a> specification and go to | |
great effort to ensure the library correctly handles all its | |
nuances. By using id3lib for both your <a | |
href="http://www.id3.org/id3v1.html">ID3v1</a> and <a | |
href="http://www.id3.org">ID3v2</a> tagging needs, you can be | |
assured that your application produces tags that comply with | |
the standard now and in the future. | |
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<dt><b>Cross-platform</b></dt> | |
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A primary goal for id3lib is cross-platform compatibility. The | |
library is developed primarily on the <a | |
href="http://www.gnu.org">GNU</a>/<a | |
href="http://www.linux.org">Linux</a> operating system but has | |
been compiled and tested on other Unix-like OS's as well as | |
Windows NT. | |
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<dt><b>Multi-language</b></dt> | |
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id3lib aspires to provide interfaces for multiple programming | |
languages, and currently fully supports both C and C++. A COM | |
wrapper (id3com) is also supplied allowing VB, VBA, VBScript and | |
other COM-enabled languages to use the library. | |
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All development is centered around the the <a | |
href="http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=979">id3lib project | |
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href="http://www.sourceforge.net">SourceForge</a>. Please go there | |
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The id3lib library is <a | |
href="http://www.opensource.org">open-source</a> software, licensed | |
under the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html">GNU | |
Library General Public License (LGPL)</a>. In short, this allows | |
any application to link to and use the library without affecting | |
their license, while guaranteeing that the id3lib library itself | |
(and any modifications to it) will remain freely available in | |
source code form. The project developers therefore greatly | |
encourage input from everyone, be it with feature suggestions, code | |
patches, bug reports, or anything. The best way to contribute to | |
this effort is to <a | |
href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/id3lib-devel">subscribe | |
to the mailing list</a> and join in on the discussions! | |
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Versions of ID3Lib prior to and including version 3.05a were | |
released to the public domain. The last such release is still <a | |
href="http://download.sourceforge.net/id3lib/id3lib305.zip">available | |
for download</a>. These versions are therefore completely free of | |
any licence restrictions, but are no longer maintained. | |
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The following documentation is available for those who wish to | |
develop software with id3lib: | |
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<a href="api/index.html">Documentation for the id3lib API</a> | |
is available thanks to the <a | |
href="http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/">Doxygen</a> | |
documentation system. | |
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There is a <a href="id3lib-manual.php">web-readable | |
translation</a> of the <a | |
href="http://download.sourceforge.net/id3lib/id3lib305.doc">original | |
ID3Lib manual</a>, written by Dirk Mahoney, the original author | |
of ID3Lib. The API for the current library has changed | |
somewhat, but this documentation is still mostly valid. Many | |
thanks to <a href="mailto:smoser@brickies.net">Scott Moser</a> | |
for the web-friendly translation. | |
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<a href="mailto:merlin@starr.econ.nyu.edu">James Lin</a> wrote | |
some <a href="id3guide.html">guidelines</a> for those | |
programming with <a href="http://www.id3.org">ID3v2</a> tags. | |
It, too, is outdated, and some of the links are broken. But | |
most of the information is still pertinent and quite valuable. | |
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The following software projects have used, do use, or will use | |
id3lib for their <a href="http://www.id3.org/id3v1.html">ID3v1</a> | |
and <a href="http://www.id3.org">ID3v2</a> tag | |
processing: | |
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<a href="http://www.musicmatch.com">MusicMatch</a>, creators of | |
the MusicMatch Jukebox for Windows and a previous project | |
coordinator for ID3Lib | |
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<a href="http://www.freeamp.org">FreeAmp</a> is a | |
cross-platform mp3 player and, as of version 2.1, is using | |
id3lib for their <a href="http://www.id3.org">ID3v1/v2</a> | |
support. | |
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<a href="http://www.empeg.com">empeg</a>, creators of the | |
world-renowned in-car MP3 player, uses id3lib for reading and | |
writing <a href="http://www.id3.org">ID3v1/v2</a> tags in their | |
various tools and utilities. | |
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<a href="http://id3v2.sourceforge.net">The id3v2 tagger</a> is | |
a <a href="http://www.gnu.org">GNU</a>/<a | |
href="http://www.linux.org">Linux</a> command-line editor for | |
<a href="http://www.id3.org">ID3v1/v2</a> tags | |
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<a href="http://www.zlurp.com">Zlurp!</a> is an all-in-one CD | |
audio tool for Windows that rips, encodes and tags CDs. | |
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<a href="http://www.adcock8.freeserve.co.uk/">The javpc | |
project</a>'s goal is to turn a PC into an audio/visual unit | |
sutibale for plugging into a Hi-Fi and TV. | |
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<a href="http://coconutbeach.hypermart.net/sonize">Sonize</a> is | |
a collection of small but powerful tools integrated in one | |
application that organizes and prepares your mp3 files for | |
publishing on CDROM | |
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<a href="http://ampbar.tripod.com">AmpBar</a> uses a modified | |
version of the 3.05a library in their MP3 player and ID3v2 tag | |
editor. | |
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The following software projects used the original version of | |
ID3Lib. Whether or not they still do is currently unknown. | |
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<a href="http://www.poikosoft.com/cdda/">Easy CD-DA | |
Extractor</a>, a Windows CD-Ripper/Tagger/CDDB | |
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<a href="http://www.macamp.net">MacAmp</a>, a Macintosh MP3 | |
Player | |
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If I have listed any of the above in error or if I have | |
neglected any other projects that use id3lib, please <a | |
href="mailto:scott@id3.org">let me | |
know</a> so that I might update the list accordingly. | |
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The id3lib project is currently coordinated by <a | |
href="mailto:scott@id3.org">Scott Thomas Haug</a>. The original | |
ID3Lib library was written by <a href="mailto:dirk@id3.org">Dirk | |
Mahoney</a>. | |
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