<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div>Hello,</div><div><br class=""></div><div>I am currently observing an issue with COMMENTS field in MPEG / ID3v2.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>This code :</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">map.</span><span style="font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(38, 71, 75);" class="">erase</span><span style="font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">(“COMMENT");</span></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>map.<span style="color: rgb(38, 71, 75);" class="">insert</span>(“COMMENT", <span style="color: rgb(63, 110, 116);" class="">TagLib</span>::<span style="color: rgb(63, 110, 116);" class="">StringList</span>(“Some Comment"));</div><div>OR this code :</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>map.<span style="color: rgb(38, 71, 75);" class="">replace</span>(“COMMENT", <span style="color: rgb(63, 110, 116);" class="">TagLib</span>::<span style="color: rgb(63, 110, 116);" class="">StringList</span>(“Some Comment"));</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><div style="color: rgb(163, 163, 163); font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="color: rgb(163, 163, 163); font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="color: rgb(163, 163, 163); font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;" class="">Both codes seem to write a COMM XXX frame on the file, that is not readable by <b class="">iTunes</b>,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(163, 163, 163); font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;" class="">and is shown as Comment [XXX] and Comment[ID3v1 Comment] on </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;" class=""><b class="">MusicBrainz Picard</b>.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(163, 163, 163); font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="color: rgb(163, 163, 163); font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;" class="">When either of these apps write the comment field it is read by the TagLib and both of the apps above as </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;" class="">Comment ID3v2.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(163, 163, 163); font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class="">with my HEX editor I can see that iTunes writes some sort of “eng” qualifier on the comments field. Is this a language related issue ?</div><div style="color: rgb(163, 163, 163); font-family: Menlo;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;" class="">Do I need to do something special for this field ?</span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Is there away to avoid writing </span>ID3v1 tags?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks</div><div class="">Yannis</div></div></div></body></html>