Comments on: Of Flash & ID3 Tags http://mabblog.com/blog/2005/07/of-flash-id3-tags/ Web, Software, and Design Sat, 07 Apr 2012 23:06:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Another Jeff http://mabblog.com/blog/2005/07/of-flash-id3-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-893 Another Jeff Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:48:44 +0000 http://developer.mabwebdesign.com/blog/?p=33#comment-893 I have tested id3 tag issues with flash 8 and here is what i am thinking. i ran across a blog mentioning that in flash 7 (mx2004) mp3 functions are reclassified as private so the data is unavailable. i dont know yet if that is still the case in flash 8, probably not because i have noticed that the id3 onID3 tag works in firefox, but not in MSIE6 or the standalone Flash player. Strangely enough it works fine in the testing player. I also tested a website that has working id3 tags on it - but it was apparently compiled with an older version of flash. when downloading it and recompiling it in flash 8, it did not work. the blog i mentioned: http://jacksonblog.com/index.cfm?mode=cat&catid=8ECF89C6-3048-700F-F44D76F9B00B6DFB the site with working id3 in msie6: http://www.kennybellew.com/tutorial/mp3_tag.htm if there is anyone who has a workaround - using an older version of flash seems to be the only answer though really I have tested id3 tag issues with flash 8 and here is what i am thinking. i ran across a blog mentioning that in flash 7 (mx2004) mp3 functions are reclassified as private so the data is unavailable. i dont know yet if that is still the case in flash 8, probably not because i have noticed that the id3 onID3 tag works in firefox, but not in MSIE6 or the standalone Flash player. Strangely enough it works fine in the testing player. I also tested a website that has working id3 tags on it – but it was apparently compiled with an older version of flash. when downloading it and recompiling it in flash 8, it did not work.

the blog i mentioned:

http://jacksonblog.com/index.cfm?mode=cat&catid=8ECF89C6-3048-700F-F44D76F9B00B6DFB

the site with working id3 in msie6:

http://www.kennybellew.com/tutorial/mp3_tag.htm

if there is anyone who has a workaround – using an older version of flash seems to be the only answer though really

]]> By: Jeff http://mabblog.com/blog/2005/07/of-flash-id3-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-836 Jeff Fri, 06 Jan 2006 05:28:49 +0000 http://developer.mabwebdesign.com/blog/?p=33#comment-836 I know it has been a while since this post was made but I was hitting the same errors you were hitting with Flash and MP3 ID3 tags. I've found that while iTunes does a lot of the programming side of things wrong (it's Apple, anyway), the album art is actually what throws Flash off. I ended getting a program called TagRunner, and it'll set ID3 tags perfectly, even with album covers taken from Amazon.com. I'd highly suggest getting it if you're still working with these problems. I know it has been a while since this post was made but I was hitting the same errors you were hitting with Flash and MP3 ID3 tags. I’ve found that while iTunes does a lot of the programming side of things wrong (it’s Apple, anyway), the album art is actually what throws Flash off. I ended getting a program called TagRunner, and it’ll set ID3 tags perfectly, even with album covers taken from Amazon.com. I’d highly suggest getting it if you’re still working with these problems.

]]> By: Mike http://mabblog.com/blog/2005/07/of-flash-id3-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Mike Fri, 29 Jul 2005 19:52:25 +0000 http://developer.mabwebdesign.com/blog/?p=33#comment-192 'I set them in iTunes I got undefined for the title.', ah, thats interesting because thats what i was using for setting the ID3 information. Although I also used audacity, when I used audacity the ID3 information displayed correctly locally but not remotely- not sure what the issue is there. ‘I set them in iTunes I got undefined for the title.’, ah, thats interesting because thats what i was using for setting the ID3 information. Although I also used audacity, when I used audacity the ID3 information displayed correctly locally but not remotely- not sure what the issue is there.

]]> By: Matt http://mabblog.com/blog/2005/07/of-flash-id3-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Matt Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:27:56 +0000 http://developer.mabwebdesign.com/blog/?p=33#comment-191 I made a player before using id3 tag info to fill the title. this is the code I used to get the title of the song: nowPlaying.onID3 = function() { title_txt.text = this.id3.TIT2; }; nowPlaying is the sound object that holds the current song. It worked fine for me. however, i noticed that setting the ID3 tags in winamp was good, but when I set them in iTunes I got undefined for the title. i'm not sure what the issue is there, but when i set them with winamp, that worked for me. I made a player before using id3 tag info to fill the title. this is the code I used to get the title of the song:

nowPlaying.onID3 = function() {
title_txt.text = this.id3.TIT2;
};

nowPlaying is the sound object that holds the current song. It worked fine for me. however, i noticed that setting the ID3 tags in winamp was good, but when I set them in iTunes I got undefined for the title. i’m not sure what the issue is there, but when i set them with winamp, that worked for me.

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