NAME

Music::Tag::MP3 - Plugin module for Music::Tag to get information from id3 tags

DESCRIPTION

Music::Tag::MP3 is used to read id3 tag information. It uses MP3::Tag to read id3v2 and id3 tags from mp3 files. As such, it's limitations are the same as MP3::Tag. It does not write id3v2.4 tags, causing it to have some trouble with unicode.

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following: 

       perl Makefile.PL
       make
       make test
       make install

DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other modules and libraries: 

       Muisc::Tag
       MP3::Tag
       MP3::Info

Do not install an older version of MP3::Tag.

NOTE ON ID3v2.4 TAGS

There seems to be a bug with MP3::Tag::ID3v2 0.9709. To use ID3v2.4 tags, download MP3::Tag from CPAN and apply the following patch:

patches/MP3-Tag-0.9709.ID3v2.4.patch

To do this change directory to the MP3::Tag download directory and type

patch -p1 < ../Music-Tag-MP3/patches/MP3-Tag-0.9709.ID3v2.4.patch

Then install as normal 

       perl Makefile.PL
       make && make test
       make install

NOTE ON GAPLESS INFO

This is used for a yet-to-be-maybe-someday released ipod library. It collects the required gapless info. There is a patch to MP3-Info that should be applied ONLY if you are interested in experimenting with this.

TEST FILES

Are based on the sample file for Audio::M4P. For testing only.

AUTHOR

Edward Allen III <ealleniii at cpan dot org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2007,2008 Edward Allen III. Some rights reserved.

LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either:

  1. the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) any later version, or
  2. the "Artistic License" which comes with Perl.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See either the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the Artistic License with this Kit, in the file named "Artistic". If not, I'll be glad to provide one.

You should also have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program in the file named "Copying". If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA or visit their web page on the Internet at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.