Re: How to manipulate both V1 and V2 tags in the same file

Hello.... anybody out there??

> I've been playing around with libid3tag 0.15.1b for a couple days now, 
> and I'm at a loss when it comes to manipulating multiple tags in the 
> same file.
>
> When reading a file with only one tag (either V1 or V2), 
> reading/parsing the frames and fields works more or less as I'd expect 
> given the API functions in id3tag.h.
>
> Where I run into trouble is when I read an MP3 file with both V1 and 
> V2 tags.  The first thing I do after opening the file is call 
> id3_file_tag() to get a pointer to a tag.  What I find confusing is 
> that even though the tag's ID3_TAG_OPTION_ID3V1 option is set, walking 
> the field list only gives me the frames from the V2 tag:
>
> for(i=0;i<tag->nframes;i++) {
>     frame=tag->frames[i];
>     /* etc. */
> }
>
> Poking around a bit in file.c it appears the id3_file structure 
> maintains references to all of the individual tags in the file, but 
> looking through the API functions available in id3tag.h,  I don't see 
> how to access any tag other than the primary (via the id3_file_tag() 
> function).
>
> So my question is, how do I access the fields of a V1 tag when a file 
> has both V1 and V2 tags?  Are the V1 fields stored in the primary tag 
> structure along with the V2 fields?  If so, why can't I access them 
> when I walk the list of the other (V2) frames?  If they're stored in a 
> tag structure other than the primary, how do I access it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Cedric
>
>