README
1README for id3tool
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3id3tool: a program for manipulating mp3 ID3 Tags
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5Using id3tool:
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7id3tool should be fairly straight forward.
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9run it with "-h" to get usage.
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11no flags, with a filename prints the tags
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13--set-blah flags with a filename sets the ID3 tag
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15id3tool now also has a manpage [a really dodgey one yes, but a
16manpage]. If somebody volunteers to write a better manpage, I will
17consider whatever is produced.
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19History:
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21id3tool was written as a test program for a small id3 stub I'd written
22for the "Ultimate MP3 Player" which is still a concept, and no code ;)
23Having made a useful tool for setting ID3 tags [I hate GUI tag
24editors] I decided I might as well tidy it up and release it.
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26The ID3 tag stub was originally written under windows, using ANSI C,
27and copied over to linux where it worked perfectly first time. [yay!]
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29id3.c can still be ripped out of id3tool to provide id3 tag
30manipulaiton functionality for other programs under the terms of the
31BSD License.
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33Originally, I wasn't going to have any Win32 support, but somebody
34submitted a patch - so I've incorporated it with some `corrections'.
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36ID3tool became available under the BSD license with 1.2.
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38The Future of id3tool:
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40id3tool has reached the end of its development - I no longer have the
41time to reinvent the wheel.
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43I will continue to patch the few bugs in id3tool as I find them.
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45Donations:
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47If you want to make me feel all nice and fuzzy for writing this,
48please send me Music CDs, especially anime soundtracks, or Anime
49DVDs... I could always do with more of both. :) Email me
50(xfire@xware.cx) for my current postal address.
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52Alternatively, you could do the Samba thing, and buy me some Pizza ;)
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54Copyright/License Blurb:
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57id3tool is released under the modified BSD license. Read COPYING
58for details.
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60Happy Hacking.
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62-- Chris Collins <xfire@xware.cx> 11 Jul 2005 08:45 EST (+1000)
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README.Win32
1The Win32 Port was originally submitted by Steve Kemp.
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3Steve's web page is at http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~skx/
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5The diffs he submitted were a bit messy, and the makefile was not
6acceptible in the state in which he submitted it.
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8He originally submitted the GNU getopt implementation for use with
9Win32, this has since been replaced with NetBSD's getopt. (for
10licensing reasons).
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12For build instructions, please refer to INSTALL.
13-- Chris Collins <ccollins@pcug.org.au> 5 Nov 2002 13:55 EDT (+1100)
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