Truncated Tags?

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Dustydog
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Truncated Tags?

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I get a truncated #tag.album. Is this working as designed? Is there a tweak to change this behavior? Are all #tags truncated at some point?

*album works for the complete tag.

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Re: Truncated Tags?

Post by admin »

Can you be a bit more specific?

Dustydog
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Re: Truncated Tags?

Post by Dustydog »

Looked at the files in question. The mystery truncation was because they contained both an id3v1 and an id3v2 tag. (They were mp3 files obviously.) Referencing "Album" with #tag.album or #mp3.album got the id3v1 version which truncates at 30 bytes. Going through MediaInfo or to the canonical tag via *album picked up the id3v2 tag. I can live with accessing it either way, but it might be nice to prioritize the id3v2 tag using # if both exist.

Glad it was something I could identify for you.

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Re: Truncated Tags?

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Could you point me to such a file for testing?

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Re: Truncated Tags?

Post by Dustydog »

When I find one again, I'll send you a link.

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