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[Leif B. Kristensen]

On Wednesday 28. May 2008, Leif B. Kristensen wrote:
>On Wednesday 28. May 2008, Rich wrote:
>>could it be that the file previously had id3v2.3 tag and you edited
>> tags - and you use taglib version 1.4 ?
>>
>>1.4 had a nasty bug where editing tags for a file with v2.3 tags
>> would drop id3v2 tag completely. editing it again created proper 2.4
>> tag.
>
>You're probably on to something.
>
>1.4 is the currently stable version of taglib in Gentoo. I have now
>opened for the unstable version, and have compiled taglib 1.5. Do I
>also have to recompile Amarok?

Seems that the problem is fixed. I restarted Amarok, and rewrote the 
comment:

$ eyeD3 -2 01\ Perdido.mp3

01 Perdido.mp3        [ 19.54 MB ]
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Time: 8:30      MPEG1, Layer III        [ 320 kb/s @ 44100 Hz - Stereo ]
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ID3 v2.4:
title: Perdido          artist: Ella Fitzgerald
album: First Lady Of Song [Disc 1]              year: 1949
track: 1                genre: Jazz (id 8)
Comment: [Description: ] [Lang: XXX]
Live at Jazz at the Phiharmonic in New York, From Bird: The Complete 
Charlie Parker

Ian and Rich, thanks for your help.
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