"Brian Patterson" <briandpattersonSPAM_NO@mchsi.com> wrote in message
news:OPm23Ab$EHA.824@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> I'm guessing you are talking about reading and writing the MP3v1 tag of
the
> file. This information is stored at the end of the file. You can get to
> the info by reading the last 128 bytes of the file and reading the first 3
> bytes of this 128 byte stream. If there is valid information stored there
> the first 3 bytes should say "TAG". The format of the information is as
> follows:
>
> Sign Length
> (bytes) Position
> (bytes) Description
> A 3 (0-2) Tag identification. Must contain 'TAG' if tag exists and
is
> correct.
> B 30 (3-32) Title
> C 30 (33-62) Artist
> D 30 (63-92) Album
> E 4 (93-96) Year
> F 30 (97-126) Comment
> G 1 (127) Genre
>
>
> Also keep in mind there are different versions for this information which
> you will have to account for.
>
> Brian Patterson
>
http://dotnet.redeyepos.com >
> "MikeY" <mikesinfo@yahoo.c> wrote in message
> news:wUYGd.9061$K03.393063@news20.bellglobal.com...
> >I am having trouble with and looking for the proper syntax for accessing
> >and
> > renaming MP3 files properties.
> >
> > Example I can access the "Name" property of the file and I can rename
the
> > file name to a new name (and do this in mass quantity at once). What I
> > want
> > to accomplish is to gain access and rename the extended properties such
as
> > "Artist", "Title", "Album Title", "Comments", etc. A sample of my code
is
> > as
> > follows.
> >
> > if(txtBoxNameConversion.Text != "")
> > {
> > foreach(string myItem in CLBoxGroupFileConversion.CheckedItems)
> > {
> > string myItems2 = txtBoxNameConversion.Text + "-" + myItem;
> >
> > //Over-write old file with new file name
> > File.Move(Path.Combine(currentFolderPath, myItem),
> > Path.Combine(currentFolderPath, myItem2));
> > }
> > }
> >
> > Any and all suggestions are appreciated. Thank you all in advance.
> >
> >
> > MikeY
> >
> >
>
>
