ID3v2.3 tag writing support missing

[Pizuz]

Binary package hint: easytag-aac

I just looked at the "About Easytag" window and found this problem:

Apparently Easytag-AAC has been compiled without support for writing ID3v2.3 tags.

This affects version 2.1.5-0.0, newly included in Hardy.

[Gennaro Bellizio (genbell)]

I added libid3-3.8.3-dev package to build dependencies to fix the problem. Now ID3v2.3 tags can be written.

[Gennaro Bellizio (genbell)]

This is the easytag-aac_2.1.5-0.0.diff.gz after dpkg-buildpackage

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Confirmed to still be a problem in Ubuntu 8.04 with all updates, the regular easytag has the ability to select the tag version.

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Oh and as to why it matters that you can't select v2.3 tags: Many hardware players do not support v2.4 tags yet, including my new 2009 Honda Fit.

[andol123 (andol123)]

If you've installed EasyTag from Ubuntu Softwarecenter (not sure that's what it's called in English, used to be Add/Remove app..) remove it. When removed, open a terminal and type:

  sudo aptitude install easytag

There you go.. no annoying easytag-aac installed.

The EasyTag you install from Ubuntu Softwarecenter is obvisouly easytag-aac, but you're not told that. Annoying.

[andol123 (andol123)]

Forgot to mention: if you follow what I just wrote, you should now be able to select v2.3 tags from easytag.

[andol123 (andol123)]

Oh well.. that may not work for people using aac files, but if all you want to do is to tag any other format using ID3v2.3 from EasyTag that's what necessary.

[wollombi (wollombi)]

Confirmed as a problem on Lucid and the version of EasyTag-aac in the repository. Can't select ID3v2.3, and, of course, if you happen to be forced to use itunes on occasion, it doesn't read the v2.4 tags correctly.

[wollombi (wollombi)]

Honestly, I'm surprised such a small thing to fix is still a problem 2 YEARS after it was first reported.

[Patrick Li (patrickli)]

This bug is still present in Maverick 10.10. All it takes is just to do a recompile with libid3-3.8.3-dev. Come on!

[HsH (hsh)]

Confirmed a problem - can't select ID3v2.3 on Lucid.
The version of EasyTag-aac 2.1.6 from the repository.

[HsH (hsh)]

>The version of EasyTag-aac 2.1.6 from the repository.

Sorry - EasyTag-aac 2.1.5 version

v2.1.6 is an EasyTag package (without mp4|aac support).

[jacques (falgouze)]

you can find information about your configuration in help > about > extensions
I lost a lot of id3v2 tags this way, sad, sad !!!
I did remove easytag-aac and installed easytag they're both in the repro's

[smonsarr (smonsarr-junk)]

Yup Have just waisted 20 black CDs trying to build a music library for a 2009 Open Zafira that cannot understand ID3 2.4 properly.

Is EasyTAG AAC still maintained ?