Bug 181482 - ID3 Tags added with Kid3 not read properly
Summary: ID3 Tags added with Kid3 not read properly
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: amarok
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 2.0.1
Platform: Compiled Sources Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Amarok Developers
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Reported: 2009-01-21 10:47 UTC by Christos Lazaridis
Modified: 2009-01-30 16:32 UTC (History)
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Description Christos Lazaridis 2009-01-21 10:47:50 UTC
Version:           2.0.1 (using Devel)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled sources

Amarok 2.X seems to have a problem identifying ID3 tags entered from kid3; I haven't had any other applications causing any trouble (including Amarok 1.X).

Way to reproduce: take an mp3 file, change its tags with kid3 and try to open in Amarok. No tag information is read and even the bitrate and length information have disappeared.
Comment 1 Seb Ruiz 2009-01-21 12:47:00 UTC
This is most likely a support issue - make sure you are writing the correct version of the tag (id3v2.4). If you can narrow it down and are absolutely certain that this is a bug, please reopen and explain a thorough explanation why this is the case.
Comment 2 Christos Lazaridis 2009-01-21 13:20:13 UTC
I've made sure to use v.2.4 ID3 tags, but it seems it might be more complicated. I had a file with a v. 2.3 tag and using eyeD3 I converted it to v.2.4 and I had the same behavior. 

Also, using eyeD3 I removed _all_ tags and added a new v.2.4 tag (using eyeD3 this time) and Amarok still wouldn't read it...

I will not reopen the bus as I am not sure it qualifies, but it doesn't look like a support issue to me, as I found a second tagging s/w that produces the same behavior.
Comment 3 Seb Ruiz 2009-01-21 22:35:55 UTC
Christos - I'll reopen the bug until someone with a better insight into tag reading can verify or provide an explanation.
Comment 4 Mark Kretschmann 2009-01-27 11:53:18 UTC
Please someone look at this or close it. Keeping it open for fun is of no use.
Comment 5 Christos Lazaridis 2009-01-30 16:32:21 UTC
Okay, something really strange is going on here. 

I have most of my files on a USB NTFS-formatted hard disk. When I load them in amarok playlist from the usb, I get the aforementioned behavior: no tags are read (for most but not all of my files!). 

If I copy the same files on my laptop hard drive (not in the scanned collection) all the tags are read properly... I cannot understand what is happening... Changing to invalid as the title now seems completely irrelevant.