[Flac-users] How do I encode a FLAC with tags?

[Chris Hirsch]

Ok so I can use any ID3v2 or v1 tagger (say the perl one) for FLAC files 
and things will be kosher? I'd LOVE to be able roll my own tagging 
scheme like you can in Vorbis and I don't mind doing some code either..I 
wasn't aware that FLAC was able to do that..or at least I didn't 
userstand how to do that. I guess that is where you register for your 
own developer ID eh?



Josh Coalson wrote:

>--- Chris Hirsch <chris at base2technology.com> wrote:
>
>>So there are no command line options like in oggenc to do artist and 
>>misc tags? Sure if you've got a solution that I don't have to do from
>>scratch then post away! :-)
>>
>
>I think that uses vorbis tags.  FLAC doesn't specify a tagging
>system.  You have three choices:
>
>1) use id3v1 or v2 (preferably v1 since that has better support
>and doesn't mess with the beginning of the file, and apps that
>support FLAC may still choke on the v2 tag)
>
>2) write your own custom tags into a custom FLAC metadata block
>(will require some coding on your part still)
>
>3) hope that I get vorbis-style tags into a new FLAC metadata
>block in your time frame :)
>
>#1 sounds like the best bet for you now, and there are lots of
>little programs that will do id3 tag management on existing
>files (like id3ren).
>
>#3 will happen but not for a couple of months.  I'm _real_
>busy lately.
>
>Josh
>
>
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