Someone please fix the 30-character bug

[Rich]

i _think_ this is the same problem i had and with the help of alexandre 
managed to track it down to id3v2.3 -> id3v2.4 upgrade problems (as jeff 
notes in the last comment).
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=139585

in any case, i hope for a new taglib release soon :)

Mats Ahlgren wrote:
> Below is a friendly but urgent suggestion:
> 
> Amarok randomly truncates metadata fields (albums, titles, artists, anything) to 30 characters.
> 
> I've mentioned this bug before on the mailing list.
> It's been posted on bugs.kde.org -- http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100742 but no one will re-open it.
> 
> I've noticed this bug constantly for at least the past 1.5 years, from Amarok 1.2.* (I think?) through 1.4.4!
> 
> Metadata corruption is a serious problem and most users would not tolerate it.
> 
> This is the last time I'm going to suggest that this serious bug be fixed.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Mats
-- 
  Rich