Comment 14 for bug 5465

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MSchadone (mike-schadone) wrote : Re: [Bug 5465] Re: ID3 tags not recognised

I cannot confirm. The problem was with mp3's having multiple tags written to them and RhythmBox not
being able to identify that fact. I have not found any program that writes multiple tags of the
same version to an MP3 file (which was not the issue with RhythmBox); therefore, I cannot produce a
test.

1. A source MP3 file has multiple ID3v2 tags written in the meta data.
2. RhythmBox is unable to rewrite the tag (it writes to the first one, but displays the last one).
3. RhythmBox is not responsible for the creation of second or subsequent ID3v2 tags in the same MP3.

So, there is no way to test this scenario. Multiple ID3v2 tags are against the standard and appear
to be the issue here and not RhythmBox.

Solve: Use a program designed specifically for ID3 tag manipulation and remove all ID3 tags from the
file (i.e. remove tags multiple times until it shows up blank), then create your own tags. This
will fix the issue with RhythmBox and any other media player which displays ID3 tag data.

Mike