[vorbis-dev] Metadata, file signatures, and extentions

[Lou Sortman]

Thanks for setting me straight.  I didn't know that the mp3 format had
such an unused facility.

Scott Manley wrote:
> 
> > ID3V2 came about to work around shortcomings in the format of MP3
> > files.  For instance, having no metadata.
> 
> That's not entirely true, it came about because of shortcomings in the programmers who wanted to add metadata to their mp3 files - there is support  for anciliary data in the mp3 format, it's just that nobody could program well enough to use it ;-)

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