C3 Library for Mp3 manipulation

Steve

Hello everyone. I am an EXTREME C# newbie, and was hoping to get my feet wet with what I had hoped would be a simple ap to change the title field on a bunch of MP3 files based on the file name. I've found a bunch of different libraries on line, many of which were over my head. I was able to get a couple of them working in my code, but there are still some files that give me problems (some seem to work fine). I was hoping that someone could point me to some code that I could fairly easily import into my ap to do this tag manipulation. I'm not sure what version of ID3 these files are using, so ideally I'd like to find come classes that handles all of that for me.

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Steve17y ago
I'm trying to figure out how to use the ID3Sharp and am pretty stumped. I've copied all of the .cs files from there into my project, as well as the "Frames" and "IO" folders and their content.

I see in the Demo.cs that comes with ID3Sharp, they do a "using ID3Sharp.Frames", so in my project I do an "using myprojectname.Frames" and that's giving me the message that tthe type or namespace name 'Frames' does not exist in the namespace. Any clues as to what I'm doing wrong?
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Jan Montano17y ago
Upon looking at the taglib-sharp site, I noticed that their current version is 1.9. Based on the author's comment regarding linux versioning, "odd minor versions (the .1 and the .9) indicate unstable/development releases." That being said, I'll put my bet somewhere else. Perhaps ID3Sharp will be a good place to start.

ID3Sharp supports all ID3 versions (ID3v1, ID3v1.1, ID3v2.2, ID3v2.3, ID3v2.4). Version 2.4 is the latest. What more can we ask for? =)

I've just downloaded the ID3Sharp library, and I will try to play with it if I have time. I suggest you do the same for the meantime. Don't hesitate to ask questions if you'll encounter problems along the way.
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Steve17y ago
I'm working on this project for my files, so I've only got about 3 of the several hundered files he's working with so I'm not quite sure what he has. In fact, I'm not even sure how to check the version.

I'm using taglib-shart. I thik I looked that ID3Sharp and can't remember if I tried it and had a problem or (more likely) wasn't sure exactly what I needed to do to bring it into my project (remember, I'm a C# idiot).
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Jan Montano17y ago
My guess is that the library you're using supports a number of ID3 versions, and not all versions. That's why you're having problems with some files. Did you happen to look at the ID3 versions of files you're having problem with?

what library are you using?

I found ID3Sharp on sourceforge and this supports ID3v1, ID3v1.1, ID3v2.2, ID3v2.3, ID3v2.4.
You might as well check it out.

Goodluck.
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Steve17y ago
No, I want to change the title, not the file name. This is from a CD of birdcalls, and while the filename of the MP3's are birdname.mp3, the title is just the track number (i.e. Track 7). I want to change the title to match the filen name (minus the ".mp3"). I've got code that does all of that, but I'm not sure I have total faith in the classes I found to access the ID3 tags.
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Bechir Bejaoui17y ago
If I well understood your request, you want to change the name of the mp3 files? not to convert them or somthing like this?
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