ID3TagEd

a RISC OS application

By Chris Johnson

id3icon.gif - 865 bytesID3TagEd is an application to allow the creation and/or editing of MP3 ID3 version 1 tags, and a range of frames of the ID3 version 2 tags.

Downloads

You may download the following file(s), which are all zip archives.

ID3TagEd version 0.25 (21st Feb 2008) - Complete version, file size 378 KB.

Test Versions

Since ID3TagEd undergoes regular development, there may sometimes be a later beta version available for use at your own risc.

If you are interested in giving a newer beta version a go, try checking here to see what is currently available.

System requirements

ID3TagEd will run on both 26-bit and 32-bit machines. On RiscPCs and other 26-bit machines it requires the Castle SharedCLibrary (at least version 5.53) to be installed. This may be obtained from the Castle/Iyonix web site.

For both the Iyonix and A9Home (with the Flash2 upgrade), a suitable SharedCLibrary is contained in the OS ROM.

Note that ID3TagEd makes use of Toolbox modules for the wimp interface, and it is wise to ensure you have the latest Toolbox modules installed on your machine. If you do not have them they can be downloaded from Castle or from RISCOS Ltd. Both these sets of Toolbox modules are compatible with 32-bit machines.

Main changes since version 0.20

Version 0.25 (21st Feb 2008)

  • When using Ctrl-Shift-Copy to insert filename into tag, now does 'clean up' by changing _ to space, upper-case first letter each word, and removing file extension, etc. This action is configurable from Choices...
  • Implemented some new keyboard short cuts
    • Ctrl-B to delete text from start to cursor. If Ctrl-Shift-B is used, then the deleted text is saved on the internal clipboard and may be pasted elsewere
    • Ctrl-E to delete text from cursor to end. If Ctrl-Shift-E is used, then the deleted text is saved on the internal clipboard and may be pasted elsewere
    • Ctrl-W is 'Write tag'
    • Ctrl-R is 'Rename tag'
    • Ctrl-N is 'Next tag'
    • Ctrl-P is 'Prev tag'
  • When doing Edit->Upper case first char each word, takes account of (, [, -, ' and ", and then upper cases the next character
  • When a file is dragged in with Ctrl pressed, the file will be typed as AMPEG even if no tag is present. New Choice to switch this behaviour on
  • Improved Rename to check for leading, trailing, and multiple spaces
  • Changed the status field, which was originally two fields, one in each of the v1 tag window and the v2 tag window, to a common field, so that all the status messages can be seen from either tag pane

Version 0.24 (7th Dec 2007)

  • Changed main window to allow the advanced rename pattern to be set without opening the Preferences dialogue
  • Correctly treats a simple case change in the filename (e.g. when a corrected tag is used to rename) by not adding a ~n suffix (RISC OS filer is case insensitive)
  • In batch window, auto edit 'Upper case first char all words' setting for Title was not being remembered when batch window was reopened (fixed)
  • When getting new preferences, now checks that an advanced rename string is present - previously it could have saved a null string as the preference

Version 0.23 (30th June 2007)

  • Much enhanced capability to use the file full pathname to fill the tag, using user-definable pattern matching

Version 0.22 (24th March 2007)

  • Added option to batch process - Clear all field locks at end of batch process
  • Clear locks state is saved and loaded with Batch choices
  • Added menu options to v1 and v2 menus to clear all locks
  • When pasting text into fields, length check was getting it wrong by 1. Fixed
  • Added edit option - swap order of artist names
  • Fixed buffer overflow in Edit>Filename to track title

Version 0.21 (13th June 2006)

  • Improvements to algorithms which detect when a tag has been changed and not saved

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This page last modified on 22nd February 2008 at 21:35 pm
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