ID3 tags on WAV files?

Scott Wheeler wheeler at kde.org
Mon Aug 22 20:26:32 CEST 2005


On Monday 22 August 2005 18:55, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> The way TagLib works now, if the file has an extension which is
> slightly different than what it expects, it simply refuses to load the
> file.  If the using application can not (or should not) rename the
> input file, then TagLib becomes simply useless.  If the file has the
> wrong extension but is one that TagLib recognizes, then TagLib is
> likely to mis-behave.

That's really not true.  Please read the API documentation for the FileRef 
class (i.e. the one you're claiming has the above behavior).  There are two 
different ways to override the default file type detection and it 
specifically recommends doing so.

-Scott

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