[vorbis-dev] comment field proposal

[Monty]

> Is the comment header optional? I'd like it to be. I always remove the id3
> tag from mp3s, since the only thing it's "good" for in my experience is
> displaying a mis-spelled or wrong artist/song name in WinAmp, even though
> I've fixed the filename.

The header itself must be there, even in empty form, but the contents are 
totally optional.  Here's another implication I meant to get into the original 
proposal and forgot:

The comment field does not contain any data vital to decoding of the audio
stream; all decoders may feel free to entirely ignore the comment header.  The
comment header must, however, be present even if the vendor string and comment
list are both empty.

> A tool to edit/remove/insert the comment header would be nice.

Sure :-)

> Perhaps a vendor prefix should be mandatory, in order to avoid polluting the
> global namespace? Private individuals could use their name or handle as the
> vendor string, companies should of course use the company name.

Ah, by 'vendor string', I intended this to be a text comment to identify the
encoding software (eg, our libvorbis, a forked/tuned libvorbis, a totally third
party encoder), not the organization producing the bitstream.

Monty

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