Informal standard M. Nilsson
Document: id3v2.4.0-frames.txt 1st November 2000
ID3 tag version 2.4.0 - Native Frames
Status of this document
This document is an informal standard and replaces the ID3v2.3.0
standard [ID3v2]. A formal standard will use another revision number
even if the content is identical to document. The contents in this
document may change for clarifications but never for added or altered
functionallity.
Distribution of this document is unlimited.
Abstract
This document describes the frames natively supported by ID3v2.4.0,
which is a revised version of the ID3v2 informal standard [ID3v2.3.0]
version 2.3.0. The ID3v2 offers a flexible way of storing audio meta
information within audio file itself. The information may be
technical information, such as equalisation curves, as well as title,
performer, copyright etc.
ID3v2.4.0 is meant to be as close as possible to ID3v2.3.0 in order
to allow for implementations to be revised as easily as possible.
1. Table of contents
2. Conventions in this document
3. Default flags
4. Declared ID3v2 frames
4.1. Unique file identifier
4.2. Text information frames
4.2.1. Identification frames
4.2.2. Involved persons frames
4.2.3. Derived and subjective properties frames
4.2.4. Rights and license frames
4.2.5. Other text frames
4.2.6. User defined text information frame
4.3. URL link frames
4.3.1. URL link frames - details
4.3.2. User defined URL link frame
4.4. Music CD Identifier
4.5. Event timing codes
4.6. MPEG location lookup table
4.7. Synced tempo codes
4.8. Unsynchronised lyrics/text transcription
4.9. Synchronised lyrics/text
4.10. Comments
4.11. Relative volume adjustment (2)
4.12. Equalisation (2)
4.13. Reverb
4.14. Attached picture
4.15. General encapsulated object
4.16. Play counter
4.17. Popularimeter
4.18. Recommended buffer size
4.19. Audio encryption
4.20. Linked information
4.21. Position synchronisation frame
4.22. Terms of use
4.23. Ownership frame
4.24. Commercial frame
4.25. Encryption method registration
4.26. Group identification registration
4.27. Private frame
4.28. Signature frame
4.29. Seek frame
4.30. Audio seek point index
5. Copyright
6. References
7. Appendix
A. Appendix A - Genre List from ID3v1
8. Author's Address
2. Conventions in this document
Text within "" is a text string exactly as it appears in a tag.
Numbers preceded with $ are hexadecimal and numbers preceded with %
are binary. $xx is used to indicate a byte with unknown content. %x
is used to indicate a bit with unknown content. The most significant
bit (MSB) of a byte is called 'bit 7' and the least significant bit
(LSB) is called 'bit 0'.
A tag is the whole tag described the ID3v2 main structure document
[ID3v2-strct]. A frame is a block of information in the tag. The tag
consists of a header, frames and optional padding. A field is a piece
of information; one value, a string etc. A numeric string is a string
that consists of the characters "0123456789" only.
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [KEYWORDS].
3. Default flags
The default settings for the frames described in this document can be
divided into the following classes. The flags may be set differently
if found more suitable by the software.
1. Discarded if tag is altered, discarded if file is altered.
None.
2. Discarded if tag is altered, preserved if file is altered.
None.
3. Preserved if tag is altered, discarded if file is altered.
ASPI, AENC, ETCO, EQU2, MLLT, POSS, SEEK, SYLT, SYTC, RVA2, TENC,
TLEN
4. Preserved if tag is altered, preserved if file is altered.
The rest of the frames.
4. Declared ID3v2 frames
The following frames are declared in this draft.
4.19 AENC Audio encryption
4.14 APIC Attached picture
4.30 ASPI Audio seek point index
4.10 COMM Comments
4.24 COMR Commercial frame
4.25 ENCR Encryption method registration
4.12 EQU2 Equalisation (2)
4.5 ETCO Event timing codes
4.15 GEOB General encapsulated object
4.26 GRID Group identification registration
4.20 LINK Linked information
4.4 MCDI Music CD identifier
4.6 MLLT MPEG location lookup table
4.23 OWNE Ownership frame
4.27 PRIV Private frame
4.16 PCNT Play counter
4.17 POPM Popularimeter
4.21 POSS Position synchronisation frame
4.18 RBUF Recommended buffer size
4.11 RVA2 Relative volume adjustment (2)
4.13 RVRB Reverb
4.29 SEEK Seek frame
4.28 SIGN Signature frame
4.9 SYLT Synchronised lyric/text
4.7 SYTC Synchronised tempo codes
4.2.1 TALB Album/Movie/Show title
4.2.3 TBPM BPM (beats per minute)
4.2.2 TCOM Composer
4.2.3 TCON Content type
4.2.4 TCOP Copyright message
4.2.5 TDEN Encoding time
4.2.5 TDLY Playlist delay
4.2.5 TDOR Original release time
4.2.5 TDRC Recording time
4.2.5 TDRL Release time
4.2.5 TDTG Tagging time
4.2.2 TENC Encoded by
4.2.2 TEXT Lyricist/Text writer
4.2.3 TFLT File type
4.2.2 TIPL Involved people list
4.2.1 TIT1 Content group description
4.2.1 TIT2 Title/songname/content description
4.2.1 TIT3 Subtitle/Description refinement
4.2.3 TKEY Initial key
4.2.3 TLAN Language(s)
4.2.3 TLEN Length
4.2.2 TMCL Musician credits list
4.2.3 TMED Media type
4.2.3 TMOO Mood
4.2.1 TOAL Original album/movie/show title
4.2.5 TOFN Original filename
4.2.2 TOLY Original lyricist(s)/text writer(s)
4.2.2 TOPE Original artist(s)/performer(s)
4.2.4 TOWN File owner/licensee
4.2.2 TPE1 Lead performer(s)/Soloist(s)
4.2.2 TPE2 Band/orchestra/accompaniment
4.2.2 TPE3 Conductor/performer refinement
4.2.2 TPE4 Interpreted, remixed, or otherwise modified by
4.2.1 TPOS Part of a set
4.2.4 TPRO Produced notice
4.2.4 TPUB Publisher
4.2.1 TRCK Track number/Position in set
4.2.4 TRSN Internet radio station name
4.2.4 TRSO Internet radio station owner
4.2.5 TSOA Album sort order
4.2.5 TSOP Performer sort order
4.2.5 TSOT Title sort order
4.2.1 TSRC ISRC (international standard recording code)
4.2.5 TSSE Software/Hardware and settings used for encoding
4.2.1 TSST Set subtitle
4.2.2 TXXX User defined text information frame
4.1 UFID Unique file identifier
4.22 USER Terms of use
4.8 USLT Unsynchronised lyric/text transcription
4.3.1 WCOM Commercial information
4.3.1 WCOP Copyright/Legal information
4.3.1 WOAF Official audio file webpage
4.3.1 WOAR Official artist/performer webpage
4.3.1 WOAS Official audio source webpage
4.3.1 WORS Official Internet radio station homepage
4.3.1 WPAY Payment
4.3.1 WPUB Publishers official webpage
4.3.2 WXXX User defined URL link frame
4.1. Unique file identifier
This frame's purpose is to be able to identify the audio file in a
database, that may provide more information relevant to the content.
Since standardisation of such a database is beyond this document, all
UFID frames begin with an 'owner identifier' field. It is a null-
terminated string with a URL [URL] containing an email address, or a
link to a location where an email address can be found, that belongs
to the organisation responsible for this specific database
implementation. Questions regarding the database should be sent to
the indicated email address. The URL should not be used for the
actual database queries. The string
"http://www.id3lib.org/id3/dummy/ufid.html" should be used for tests. The
'Owner identifier' must be non-empty (more than just a termination).
The 'Owner identifier' is then followed by the actual identifier,
which may be up to 64 bytes. There may be more than one "UFID" frame
in a tag, but only one with the same 'Owner identifier'.
Owner identifier $00
Identifier
4.2. Text information frames
The text information frames are often the most important frames,
containing information like artist, album and more. There may only be
one text information frame of its kind in an tag. All text
information frames supports multiple strings, stored as a null
separated list, where null is reperesented by the termination code
for the charater encoding. All text frame identifiers begin with "T".
Only text frame identifiers begin with "T", with the exception of the
"TXXX" frame. All the text information frames have the following
format:
Text encoding $xx
Information
4.2.1. Identification frames
TIT1
The 'Content group description' frame is used if the sound belongs to
a larger category of sounds/music. For example, classical music is
often sorted in different musical sections (e.g. "Piano Concerto",
"Weather - Hurricane").
TIT2
The 'Title/Songname/Content description' frame is the actual name of
the piece (e.g. "Adagio", "Hurricane Donna").
TIT3
The 'Subtitle/Description refinement' frame is used for information
directly related to the contents title (e.g. "Op. 16" or "Performed
live at Wembley").
TALB
The 'Album/Movie/Show title' frame is intended for the title of the
recording (or source of sound) from which the audio in the file is
taken.
TOAL
The 'Original album/movie/show title' frame is intended for the title
of the original recording (or source of sound), if for example the
music in the file should be a cover of a previously released song.
TRCK
The 'Track number/Position in set' frame is a numeric string
containing the order number of the audio-file on its original
recording. This MAY be extended with a "/" character and a numeric
string containing the total number of tracks/elements on the original
recording. E.g. "4/9".
TPOS
The 'Part of a set' frame is a numeric string that describes which
part of a set the audio came from. This frame is used if the source
described in the "TALB" frame is divided into several mediums, e.g. a
double CD. The value MAY be extended with a "/" character and a
numeric string containing the total number of parts in the set. E.g.
"1/2".
TSST
The 'Set subtitle' frame is intended for the subtitle of the part of
a set this track belongs to.
TSRC
The 'ISRC' frame should contain the International Standard Recording
Code [ISRC] (12 characters).
4.2.2. Involved persons frames
TPE1
The 'Lead artist/Lead performer/Soloist/Performing group' is
used for the main artist.
TPE2
The 'Band/Orchestra/Accompaniment' frame is used for additional
information about the performers in the recording.
TPE3
The 'Conductor' frame is used for the name of the conductor.
TPE4
The 'Interpreted, remixed, or otherwise modified by' frame contains
more information about the people behind a remix and similar
interpretations of another existing piece.
TOPE
The 'Original artist/performer' frame is intended for the performer
of the original recording, if for example the music in the file
should be a cover of a previously released song.
TEXT
The 'Lyricist/Text writer' frame is intended for the writer of the
text or lyrics in the recording.
TOLY
The 'Original lyricist/text writer' frame is intended for the
text writer of the original recording, if for example the music in
the file should be a cover of a previously released song.
TCOM
The 'Composer' frame is intended for the name of the composer.
TMCL
The 'Musician credits list' is intended as a mapping between
instruments and the musician that played it. Every odd field is an
instrument and every even is an artist or a comma delimited list of
artists.
TIPL
The 'Involved people list' is very similar to the musician credits
list, but maps between functions, like producer, and names.
TENC
The 'Encoded by' frame contains the name of the person or
organisation that encoded the audio file. This field may contain a
copyright message, if the audio file also is copyrighted by the
encoder.
4.2.3. Derived and subjective properties frames
TBPM
The 'BPM' frame contains the number of beats per minute in the
main part of the audio. The BPM is an integer and represented as a
numerical string.
TLEN
The 'Length' frame contains the length of the audio file in
milliseconds, represented as a numeric string.
TKEY
The 'Initial key' frame contains the musical key in which the sound
starts. It is represented as a string with a maximum length of three
characters. The ground keys are represented with "A","B","C","D","E",
"F" and "G" and halfkeys represented with "b" and "#". Minor is
represented as "m", e.g. "Dbm" $00. Off key is represented with an
"o" only.
TLAN
The 'Language' frame should contain the languages of the text or
lyrics spoken or sung in the audio. The language is represented with
three characters according to ISO-639-2 [ISO-639-2]. If more than one
language is used in the text their language codes should follow
according to the amount of their usage, e.g. "eng" $00 "sve" $00.
TCON
The 'Content type', which ID3v1 was stored as a one byte numeric
value only, is now a string. You may use one or several of the ID3v1
types as numerical strings, or, since the category list would be
impossible to maintain with accurate and up to date categories,
define your own. Example: "21" $00 "Eurodisco" $00
You may also use any of the following keywords:
RX Remix
CR Cover
TFLT
The 'File type' frame indicates which type of audio this tag defines.
The following types and refinements are defined:
MIME MIME type follows
MPG MPEG Audio
/1 MPEG 1/2 layer I
/2 MPEG 1/2 layer II
/3 MPEG 1/2 layer III
/2.5 MPEG 2.5
/AAC Advanced audio compression
VQF Transform-domain Weighted Interleave Vector Quantisation
PCM Pulse Code Modulated audio
but other types may be used, but not for these types though. This is
used in a similar way to the predefined types in the "TMED" frame,
but without parentheses. If this frame is not present audio type is
assumed to be "MPG".
TMED
The 'Media type' frame describes from which media the sound
originated. This may be a text string or a reference to the
predefined media types found in the list below. Example:
"VID/PAL/VHS" $00.
DIG Other digital media
/A Analogue transfer from media
ANA Other analogue media
/WAC Wax cylinder
/8CA 8-track tape cassette
CD CD
/A Analogue transfer from media
/DD DDD
/AD ADD
/AA AAD
LD Laserdisc
TT Turntable records
/33 33.33 rpm
/45 45 rpm
/71 71.29 rpm
/76 76.59 rpm
/78 78.26 rpm
/80 80 rpm
MD MiniDisc
/A Analogue transfer from media
DAT DAT
/A Analogue transfer from media
/1 standard, 48 kHz/16 bits, linear
/2 mode 2, 32 kHz/16 bits, linear
/3 mode 3, 32 kHz/12 bits, non-linear, low speed
/4 mode 4, 32 kHz/12 bits, 4 channels
/5 mode 5, 44.1 kHz/16 bits, linear
/6 mode 6, 44.1 kHz/16 bits, 'wide track' play
DCC DCC
/A Analogue transfer from media
DVD DVD
/A Analogue transfer from media
TV Television
/PAL PAL
/NTSC NTSC
/SECAM SECAM
VID Video
/PAL PAL
/NTSC NTSC
/SECAM SECAM
/VHS VHS
/SVHS S-VHS
/BETA BETAMAX
RAD Radio
/FM FM
/AM AM
/LW LW
/MW MW
TEL Telephone
/I ISDN
MC MC (normal cassette)
/4 4.75 cm/s (normal speed for a two sided cassette)
/9 9.5 cm/s
/I Type I cassette (ferric/normal)
/II Type II cassette (chrome)
/III Type III cassette (ferric chrome)
/IV Type IV cassette (metal)
REE Reel
/9 9.5 cm/s
/19 19 cm/s
/38 38 cm/s
/76 76 cm/s
/I Type I cassette (ferric/normal)
/II Type II cassette (chrome)
/III Type III cassette (ferric chrome)
/IV Type IV cassette (metal)
TMOO
The 'Mood' frame is intended to reflect the mood of the audio with a
few keywords, e.g. "Romantic" or "Sad".
4.2.4. Rights and license frames
TCOP
The 'Copyright message' frame, in which the string must begin with a
year and a space character (making five characters), is intended for
the copyright holder of the original sound, not the audio file
itself. The absence of this frame means only that the copyright
information is unavailable or has been removed, and must not be
interpreted to mean that the audio is public domain. Every time this
field is displayed the field must be preceded with "Copyright " (C) "
", where (C) is one character showing a C in a circle.
TPRO
The 'Produced notice' frame, in which the string must begin with a
year and a space character (making five characters), is intended for
the production copyright holder of the original sound, not the audio
file itself. The absence of this frame means only that the production
copyright information is unavailable or has been removed, and must
not be interpreted to mean that the audio is public domain. Every
time this field is displayed the field must be preceded with
"Produced " (P) " ", where (P) is one character showing a P in a
circle.
TPUB
The 'Publisher' frame simply contains the name of the label or
publisher.
TOWN
The 'File owner/licensee' frame contains the name of the owner or
licensee of the file and it's contents.
TRSN
The 'Internet radio station name' frame contains the name of the
internet radio station from which the audio is streamed.
TRSO
The 'Internet radio station owner' frame contains the name of the
owner of the internet radio station from which the audio is
streamed.
4.2.5. Other text frames
TOFN
The 'Original filename' frame contains the preferred filename for the
file, since some media doesn't allow the desired length of the
filename. The filename is case sensitive and includes its suffix.
TDLY
The 'Playlist delay' defines the numbers of milliseconds of silence
that should be inserted before this audio. The value zero indicates
that this is a part of a multifile audio track that should be played
continuously.
TDEN
The 'Encoding time' frame contains a timestamp describing when the
audio was encoded. Timestamp format is described in the ID3v2
structure document [ID3v2-strct].
TDOR
The 'Original release time' frame contains a timestamp describing
when the original recording of the audio was released. Timestamp
format is described in the ID3v2 structure document [ID3v2-strct].
TDRC
The 'Recording time' frame contains a timestamp describing when the
audio was recorded. Timestamp format is described in the ID3v2
structure document [ID3v2-strct].
TDRL
The 'Release time' frame contains a timestamp describing when the
audio was first released. Timestamp format is described in the ID3v2
structure document [ID3v2-strct].
TDTG
The 'Tagging time' frame contains a timestamp describing then the
audio was tagged. Timestamp format is described in the ID3v2
structure document [ID3v2-strct].
TSSE
The 'Software/Hardware and settings used for encoding' frame
includes the used audio encoder and its settings when the file was
encoded. Hardware refers to hardware encoders, not the computer on
which a program was run.
TSOA
The 'Album sort order' frame defines a string which should be used
instead of the album name (TALB) for sorting purposes. E.g. an album
named "A Soundtrack" might preferably be sorted as "Soundtrack".
TSOP
The 'Performer sort order' frame defines a string which should be
used instead of the performer (TPE2) for sorting purposes.
TSOT
The 'Title sort order' frame defines a string which should be used
instead of the title (TIT2) for sorting purposes.
4.2.6. User defined text information frame
This frame is intended for one-string text information concerning the
audio file in a similar way to the other "T"-frames. The frame body
consists of a description of the string, represented as a terminated
string, followed by the actual string. There may be more than one
"TXXX" frame in each tag, but only one with the same description.
Text encoding $xx
Description $00 (00)
Value
4.3. URL link frames
With these frames dynamic data such as webpages with touring
information, price information or plain ordinary news can be added to
the tag. There may only be one URL [URL] link frame of its kind in an
tag, except when stated otherwise in the frame description. If the
text string is followed by a string termination, all the following
information should be ignored and not be displayed. All URL link
frame identifiers begins with "W". Only URL link frame identifiers
begins with "W", except for "WXXX". All URL link frames have the
following format:
URL
4.3.1. URL link frames - details
WCOM
The 'Commercial information' frame is a URL pointing at a webpage
with information such as where the album can be bought. There may be
more than one "WCOM" frame in a tag, but not with the same content.
WCOP
The 'Copyright/Legal information' frame is a URL pointing at a
webpage where the terms of use and ownership of the file is
described.
WOAF
The 'Official audio file webpage' frame is a URL pointing at a file
specific webpage.
WOAR
The 'Official artist/performer webpage' frame is a URL pointing at
the artists official webpage. There may be more than one "WOAR" frame
in a tag if the audio contains more than one performer, but not with
the same content.
WOAS
The 'Official audio source webpage' frame is a URL pointing at the
official webpage for the source of the audio file, e.g. a movie.
WORS
The 'Official Internet radio station homepage' contains a URL
pointing at the homepage of the internet radio station.
WPAY
The 'Payment' frame is a URL pointing at a webpage that will handle
the process of paying for this file.
WPUB
The 'Publishers official webpage' frame is a URL pointing at the
official webpage for the publisher.
4.3.2. User defined URL link frame
This frame is intended for URL [URL] links concerning the audio file
in a similar way to the other "W"-frames. The frame body consists
of a description of the string, represented as a terminated string,
followed by the actual URL. The URL is always encoded with ISO-8859-1
[ISO-8859-1]. There may be more than one "WXXX" frame in each tag,
but only one with the same description.
Text encoding $xx
Description $00 (00)
URL
4.4. Music CD identifier
This frame is intended for music that comes from a CD, so that the CD
can be identified in databases such as the CDDB [CDDB]. The frame
consists of a binary dump of the Table Of Contents, TOC, from the CD,
which is a header of 4 bytes and then 8 bytes/track on the CD plus 8
bytes for the 'lead out', making a maximum of 804 bytes. The offset
to the beginning of every track on the CD should be described with a
four bytes absolute CD-frame address per track, and not with absolute
time. When this frame is used the presence of a valid "TRCK" frame is
REQUIRED, even if the CD's only got one track. It is recommended that
this frame is always added to tags originating from CDs. There may
only be one "MCDI" frame in each tag.
CD TOC
4.5. Event timing codes
This frame allows synchronisation with key events in the audio. The
header is:
Time stamp format $xx
Where time stamp format is:
$01 Absolute time, 32 bit sized, using MPEG [MPEG] frames as unit
$02 Absolute time, 32 bit sized, using milliseconds as unit
Absolute time means that every stamp contains the time from the
beginning of the file.
Followed by a list of key events in the following format:
Type of event $xx
Time stamp $xx (xx ...)
The 'Time stamp' is set to zero if directly at the beginning of the
sound or after the previous event. All events MUST be sorted in
chronological order. The type of event is as follows:
$00 padding (has no meaning)
$01 end of initial silence
$02 intro start
$03 main part start
$04 outro start
$05 outro end
$06 verse start
$07 refrain start
$08 interlude start
$09 theme start
$0A variation start
$0B key change
$0C time change
$0D momentary unwanted noise (Snap, Crackle & Pop)
$0E sustained noise
$0F sustained noise end
$10 intro end
$11 main part end
$12 verse end
$13 refrain end
$14 theme end
$15 profanity
$16 profanity end
$17-$DF reserved for future use
$E0-$EF not predefined synch 0-F
$F0-$FC reserved for future use
$FD audio end (start of silence)
$FE audio file ends
$FF one more byte of events follows (all the following bytes with
the value $FF have the same function)
Terminating the start events such as "intro start" is OPTIONAL. The
'Not predefined synch's ($E0-EF) are for user events. You might want
to synchronise your music to something, like setting off an explosion
on-stage, activating a screensaver etc.
There may only be one "ETCO" frame in each tag.
4.6. MPEG location lookup table
To increase performance and accuracy of jumps within a MPEG [MPEG]
audio file, frames with time codes in different locations in the file
might be useful. This ID3v2 frame includes references that the
software can use to calculate positions in the file. After the frame
header follows a descriptor of how much the 'frame counter' should be
increased for every reference. If this value is two then the first
reference points out the second frame, the 2nd reference the 4th
frame, the 3rd reference the 6th frame etc. In a similar way the
'bytes between reference' and 'milliseconds between reference' points
out bytes and milliseconds respectively.
Each reference consists of two parts; a certain number of bits, as
defined in 'bits for bytes deviation', that describes the difference
between what is said in 'bytes between reference' and the reality and
a certain number of bits, as defined in 'bits for milliseconds
deviation', that describes the difference between what is said in
'milliseconds between reference' and the reality. The number of bits
in every reference, i.e. 'bits for bytes deviation'+'bits for
milliseconds deviation', must be a multiple of four. There may only
be one "MLLT" frame in each tag.
MPEG frames between reference $xx xx
Bytes between reference $xx xx xx
Milliseconds between reference $xx xx xx
Bits for bytes deviation $xx
Bits for milliseconds dev. $xx
Then for every reference the following data is included;
Deviation in bytes %xxx....
Deviation in milliseconds %xxx....
4.7. Synchronised tempo codes
For a more accurate description of the tempo of a musical piece, this
frame might be used. After the header follows one byte describing
which time stamp format should be used. Then follows one or more
tempo codes. Each tempo code consists of one tempo part and one time
part. The tempo is in BPM described with one or two bytes. If the
first byte has the value $FF, one more byte follows, which is added
to the first giving a range from 2 - 510 BPM, since $00 and $01 is
reserved. $00 is used to describe a beat-free time period, which is
not the same as a music-free time period. $01 is used to indicate one
single beat-stroke followed by a beat-free period.
The tempo descriptor is followed by a time stamp. Every time the
tempo in the music changes, a tempo descriptor may indicate this for
the player. All tempo descriptors MUST be sorted in chronological
order. The first beat-stroke in a time-period is at the same time as
the beat description occurs. There may only be one "SYTC" frame in
each tag.
Time stamp format $xx
Tempo data
Where time stamp format is:
$01 Absolute time, 32 bit sized, using MPEG [MPEG] frames as unit
$02 Absolute time, 32 bit sized, using milliseconds as unit
Absolute time means that every stamp contains the time from the
beginning of the file.
4.8. Unsynchronised lyrics/text transcription
This frame contains the lyrics of the song or a text transcription of
other vocal activities. The head includes an encoding descriptor and
a content descriptor. The body consists of the actual text. The
'Content descriptor' is a terminated string. If no descriptor is
entered, 'Content descriptor' is $00 (00) only. Newline characters
are allowed in the text. There may be more than one 'Unsynchronised
lyrics/text transcription' frame in each tag, but only one with the
same language and content descriptor.
Text encoding $xx
Language $xx xx xx
Content descriptor $00 (00)
Lyrics/text
4.9. Synchronised lyrics/text
This is another way of incorporating the words, said or sung lyrics,
in the audio file as text, this time, however, in sync with the
audio. It might also be used to describing events e.g. occurring on a
stage or on the screen in sync with the audio. The header includes a
content descriptor, represented with as terminated text string. If no
descriptor is entered, 'Content descriptor' is $00 (00) only.
Text encoding $xx
Language $xx xx xx
Time stamp format $xx
Content type $xx
Content descriptor $00 (00)
Content type: $00 is other
$01 is lyrics
$02 is text transcription
$03 is movement/part name (e.g. "Adagio")
$04 is events (e.g. "Don Quijote enters the stage")
$05 is chord (e.g. "Bb F Fsus")
$06 is trivia/'pop up' information
$07 is URLs to webpages
$08 is URLs to images
Time stamp format:
$01 Absolute time, 32 bit sized, using MPEG [MPEG] frames as unit
$02 Absolute time, 32 bit sized, using milliseconds as unit
Absolute time means that every stamp contains the time from the
beginning of the file.
The text that follows the frame header differs from that of the
unsynchronised lyrics/text transcription in one major way. Each
syllable (or whatever size of text is considered to be convenient by
the encoder) is a null terminated string followed by a time stamp
denoting where in the sound file it belongs. Each sync thus has the
following structure:
Terminated text to be synced (typically a syllable)
Sync identifier (terminator to above string) $00 (00)
Time stamp $xx (xx ...)
The 'time stamp' is set to zero or the whole sync is omitted if
located directly at the beginning of the sound. All time stamps
should be sorted in chronological order. The sync can be considered
as a validator of the subsequent string.
Newline characters are allowed in all "SYLT" frames and MUST be used
after every entry (name, event etc.) in a frame with the content type
$03 - $04.
A few considerations regarding whitespace characters: Whitespace
separating words should mark the beginning of a new word, thus
occurring in front of the first syllable of a new word. This is also
valid for new line characters. A syllable followed by a comma should
not be broken apart with a sync (both the syllable and the comma
should be before the sync).
An example: The "USLT" passage
"Strangers in the night" $0A "Exchanging glances"
would be "SYLT" encoded as:
"Strang" $00 xx xx "ers" $00 xx xx " in" $00 xx xx " the" $00 xx xx
" night" $00 xx xx 0A "Ex" $00 xx xx "chang" $00 xx xx "ing" $00 xx
xx "glan" $00 xx xx "ces" $00 xx xx
There may be more than one "SYLT" frame in each tag, but only one
with the same language and content descriptor.
4.10. Comments
This frame is intended for any kind of full text information that
does not fit in any other frame. It consists of a frame header
followed by encoding, language and content descriptors and is ended
with the actual comment as a text string. Newline characters are
allowed in the comment text string. There may be more than one
comment frame in each tag, but only one with the same language and
content descriptor.
Text encoding $xx
Language $xx xx xx
Short content descrip. $00 (00)
The actual text
4.11. Relative volume adjustment (2)
This is a more subjective frame than the previous ones. It allows the
user to say how much he wants to increase/decrease the volume on each
channel when the file is played. The purpose is to be able to align
all files to a reference volume, so that you don't have to change the
volume constantly. This frame may also be used to balance adjust the
audio. The volume adjustment is encoded as a fixed point decibel
value, 16 bit signed integer representing (adjustment*512), giving
+/- 64 dB with a precision of 0.001953125 dB. E.g. +2 dB is stored as
$04 00 and -2 dB is $FC 00. There may be more than one "RVA2" frame
in each tag, but only one with the same identification string.
Identification $00
The 'identification' string is used to identify the situation and/or
device where this adjustment should apply. The following is then
repeated for every channel
Type of channel $xx
Volume adjustment $xx xx
Bits representing peak $xx
Peak volume $xx (xx ...)
Type of channel: $00 Other
$01 Master volume
$02 Front right
$03 Front left
$04 Back right
$05 Back left
$06 Front centre
$07 Back centre
$08 Subwoofer
Bits representing peak can be any number between 0 and 255. 0 means
that there is no peak volume field. The peak volume field is always
padded to whole bytes, setting the most significant bits to zero.
4.12. Equalisation (2)
This is another subjective, alignment frame. It allows the user to
predefine an equalisation curve within the audio file. There may be
more than one "EQU2" frame in each tag, but only one with the same
identification string.
Interpolation method $xx
Identification $00
The 'interpolation method' describes which method is preferred when
an interpolation between the adjustment point that follows. The
following methods are currently defined:
$00 Band
No interpolation is made. A jump from one adjustment level to
another occurs in the middle between two adjustment points.
$01 Linear
Interpolation between adjustment points is linear.
The 'identification' string is used to identify the situation and/or
device where this adjustment should apply. The following is then
repeated for every adjustment point
Frequency $xx xx
Volume adjustment $xx xx
The frequency is stored in units of 1/2 Hz, giving it a range from 0
to 32767 Hz.
The volume adjustment is encoded as a fixed point decibel value, 16
bit signed integer representing (adjustment*512), giving +/- 64 dB
with a precision of 0.001953125 dB. E.g. +2 dB is stored as $04 00
and -2 dB is $FC 00.
Adjustment points should be ordered by frequency and one frequency
should only be described once in the frame.
4.13. Reverb
Yet another subjective frame, with which you can adjust echoes of
different kinds. Reverb left/right is the delay between every bounce
in ms. Reverb bounces left/right is the number of bounces that should
be made. $FF equals an infinite number of bounces. Feedback is the
amount of volume that should be returned to the next echo bounce. $00
is 0%, $FF is 100%. If this value were $7F, there would be 50% volume
reduction on the first bounce, 50% of that on the second and so on.
Left to left means the sound from the left bounce to be played in the
left speaker, while left to right means sound from the left bounce to
be played in the right speaker.
'Premix left to right' is the amount of left sound to be mixed in the
right before any reverb is applied, where $00 id 0% and $FF is 100%.
'Premix right to left' does the same thing, but right to left.
Setting both premix to $FF would result in a mono output (if the
reverb is applied symmetric). There may only be one "RVRB" frame in
each tag.
Reverb left (ms) $xx xx
Reverb right (ms) $xx xx
Reverb bounces, left $xx
Reverb bounces, right $xx
Reverb feedback, left to left $xx
Reverb feedback, left to right $xx
Reverb feedback, right to right $xx
Reverb feedback, right to left $xx
Premix left to right $xx
Premix right to left $xx
4.14. Attached picture
This frame contains a picture directly related to the audio file.
Image format is the MIME type and subtype [MIME] for the image. In
the event that the MIME media type name is omitted, "image/" will be
implied. The "image/png" [PNG] or "image/jpeg" [JFIF] picture format
should be used when interoperability is wanted. Description is a
short description of the picture, represented as a terminated
text string. There may be several pictures attached to one file, each
in their individual "APIC" frame, but only one with the same content
descriptor. There may only be one picture with the picture type
declared as picture type $01 and $02 respectively. There is the
possibility to put only a link to the image file by using the 'MIME
type' "-->" and having a complete URL [URL] instead of picture data.
The use of linked files should however be used sparingly since there
is the risk of separation of files.
Text encoding $xx
MIME type $00
Picture type $xx
Description $00 (00)
Picture data
Picture type: $00 Other
$01 32x32 pixels 'file icon' (PNG only)
$02 Other file icon
$03 Cover (front)
$04 Cover (back)
$05 Leaflet page
$06 Media (e.g. label side of CD)
$07 Lead artist/lead performer/soloist
$08 Artist/performer
$09 Conductor
$0A Band/Orchestra
$0B Composer
$0C Lyricist/text writer
$0D Recording Location
$0E During recording
$0F During performance
$10 Movie/video screen capture
$11 A bright coloured fish
$12 Illustration
$13 Band/artist logotype
$14 Publisher/Studio logotype
4.15. General encapsulated object
In this frame any type of file can be encapsulated. After the header,
'Frame size' and 'Encoding' follows 'MIME type' [MIME] represented as
as a terminated string encoded with ISO 8859-1 [ISO-8859-1]. The
filename is case sensitive and is encoded as 'Encoding'. Then follows
a content description as terminated string, encoded as 'Encoding'.
The last thing in the frame is the actual object. The first two
strings may be omitted, leaving only their terminations. MIME type is
always an ISO-8859-1 text string. There may be more than one "GEOB"
frame in each tag, but only one with the same content descriptor.
Text encoding $xx
MIME type $00
Filename $00 (00)
Content description $00 (00)
Encapsulated object
4.16. Play counter
This is simply a counter of the number of times a file has been
played. The value is increased by one every time the file begins to
play. There may only be one "PCNT" frame in each tag. When the
counter reaches all one's, one byte is inserted in front of the
counter thus making the counter eight bits bigger. The counter must
be at least 32-bits long to begin with.
Counter $xx xx xx xx (xx ...)
4.17. Popularimeter
The purpose of this frame is to specify how good an audio file is.
Many interesting applications could be found to this frame such as a
playlist that features better audio files more often than others or
it could be used to profile a person's taste and find other 'good'
files by comparing people's profiles. The frame contains the email
address to the user, one rating byte and a four byte play counter,
intended to be increased with one for every time the file is played.
The email is a terminated string. The rating is 1-255 where 1 is
worst and 255 is best. 0 is unknown. If no personal counter is wanted
it may be omitted. When the counter reaches all one's, one byte is
inserted in front of the counter thus making the counter eight bits
bigger in the same away as the play counter ("PCNT"). There may be
more than one "POPM" frame in each tag, but only one with the same
email address.
Email to user $00
Rating $xx
Counter $xx xx xx xx (xx ...)
4.18. Recommended buffer size
Sometimes the server from which an audio file is streamed is aware of
transmission or coding problems resulting in interruptions in the
audio stream. In these cases, the size of the buffer can be
recommended by the server using this frame. If the 'embedded info
flag' is true (1) then this indicates that an ID3 tag with the
maximum size described in 'Buffer size' may occur in the audio
stream. In such case the tag should reside between two MPEG [MPEG]
frames, if the audio is MPEG encoded. If the position of the next tag
is known, 'offset to next tag' may be used. The offset is calculated
from the end of tag in which this frame resides to the first byte of
the header in the next. This field may be omitted. Embedded tags are
generally not recommended since this could render unpredictable
behaviour from present software/hardware.
For applications like streaming audio it might be an idea to embed
tags into the audio stream though. If the clients connects to
individual connections like HTTP and there is a possibility to begin
every transmission with a tag, then this tag should include a
'recommended buffer size' frame. If the client is connected to a
arbitrary point in the stream, such as radio or multicast, then the
'recommended buffer size' frame SHOULD be included in every tag.
The 'Buffer size' should be kept to a minimum. There may only be one
"RBUF" frame in each tag.
Buffer size $xx xx xx
Embedded info flag %0000000x
Offset to next tag $xx xx xx xx
4.19. Audio encryption
This frame indicates if the actual audio stream is encrypted, and by
whom. Since standardisation of such encryption scheme is beyond this
document, all "AENC" frames begin with a terminated string with a
URL containing an email address, or a link to a location where an
email address can be found, that belongs to the organisation
responsible for this specific encrypted audio file. Questions
regarding the encrypted audio should be sent to the email address
specified. If a $00 is found directly after the 'Frame size' and the
audio file indeed is encrypted, the whole file may be considered
useless.
After the 'Owner identifier', a pointer to an unencrypted part of the
audio can be specified. The 'Preview start' and 'Preview length' is
described in frames. If no part is unencrypted, these fields should
be left zeroed. After the 'preview length' field follows optionally a
data block required for decryption of the audio. There may be more
than one "AENC" frames in a tag, but only one with the same 'Owner
identifier'.
Owner identifier $00
Preview start $xx xx
Preview length $xx xx
Encryption info
4.20. Linked information
To keep information duplication as low as possible this frame may be
used to link information from another ID3v2 tag that might reside in
another audio file or alone in a binary file. It is RECOMMENDED that
this method is only used when the files are stored on a CD-ROM or
other circumstances when the risk of file separation is low. The
frame contains a frame identifier, which is the frame that should be
linked into this tag, a URL [URL] field, where a reference to the
file where the frame is given, and additional ID data, if needed.
Data should be retrieved from the first tag found in the file to
which this link points. There may be more than one "LINK" frame in a
tag, but only one with the same contents. A linked frame is to be
considered as part of the tag and has the same restrictions as if it
was a physical part of the tag (i.e. only one "RVRB" frame allowed,
whether it's linked or not).
Frame identifier $xx xx xx xx
URL $00
ID and additional data
Frames that may be linked and need no additional data are "ASPI",
"ETCO", "EQU2", "MCID", "MLLT", "OWNE", "RVA2", "RVRB", "SYTC", the
text information frames and the URL link frames.
The "AENC", "APIC", "GEOB" and "TXXX" frames may be linked with
the content descriptor as additional ID data.
The "USER" frame may be linked with the language field as additional
ID data.
The "PRIV" frame may be linked with the owner identifier as
additional ID data.
The "COMM", "SYLT" and "USLT" frames may be linked with three bytes
of language descriptor directly followed by a content descriptor as
additional ID data.
4.21. Position synchronisation frame
This frame delivers information to the listener of how far into the
audio stream he picked up; in effect, it states the time offset from
the first frame in the stream. The frame layout is:
Time stamp format $xx
Position $xx (xx ...)
Where time stamp format is:
$01 Absolute time, 32 bit sized, using MPEG frames as unit
$02 Absolute time, 32 bit sized, using milliseconds as unit
and position is where in the audio the listener starts to receive,
i.e. the beginning of the next frame. If this frame is used in the
beginning of a file the value is always 0. There may only be one
"POSS" frame in each tag.
4.22. Terms of use frame
This frame contains a brief description of the terms of use and
ownership of the file. More detailed information concerning the legal
terms might be available through the "WCOP" frame. Newlines are
allowed in the text. There may be more than one 'Terms of use' frame
in a tag, but only one with the same 'Language'.
Text encoding $xx
Language $xx xx xx
The actual text
4.23. Ownership frame
The ownership frame might be used as a reminder of a made transaction
or, if signed, as proof. Note that the "USER" and "TOWN" frames are
good to use in conjunction with this one. The frame begins, after the
frame ID, size and encoding fields, with a 'price paid' field. The
first three characters of this field contains the currency used for
the transaction, encoded according to ISO 4217 [ISO-4217] alphabetic
currency code. Concatenated to this is the actual price paid, as a
numerical string using "." as the decimal separator. Next is an 8
character date string (YYYYMMDD) followed by a string with the name
of the seller as the last field in the frame. There may only be one
"OWNE" frame in a tag.
Text encoding $xx
Price paid $00
Date of purch.
Seller
4.24. Commercial frame
This frame enables several competing offers in the same tag by
bundling all needed information. That makes this frame rather complex
but it's an easier solution than if one tries to achieve the same
result with several frames. The frame begins, after the frame ID,
size and encoding fields, with a price string field. A price is
constructed by one three character currency code, encoded according
to ISO 4217 [ISO-4217] alphabetic currency code, followed by a
numerical value where "." is used as decimal separator. In the price
string several prices may be concatenated, separated by a "/"
character, but there may only be one currency of each type.
The price string is followed by an 8 character date string in the
format YYYYMMDD, describing for how long the price is valid. After
that is a contact URL, with which the user can contact the seller,
followed by a one byte 'received as' field. It describes how the
audio is delivered when bought according to the following list:
$00 Other
$01 Standard CD album with other songs
$02 Compressed audio on CD
$03 File over the Internet
$04 Stream over the Internet
$05 As note sheets
$06 As note sheets in a book with other sheets
$07 Music on other media
$08 Non-musical merchandise
Next follows a terminated string with the name of the seller followed
by a terminated string with a short description of the product. The
last thing is the ability to include a company logotype. The first of
them is the 'Picture MIME type' field containing information about
which picture format is used. In the event that the MIME media type
name is omitted, "image/" will be implied. Currently only "image/png"
and "image/jpeg" are allowed. This format string is followed by the
binary picture data. This two last fields may be omitted if no
picture is attached. There may be more than one 'commercial frame' in
a tag, but no two may be identical.
Text encoding $xx
Price string $00
Valid until
Contact URL $00
Received as $xx
Name of seller $00 (00)
Description $00 (00)
Picture MIME type $00
Seller logo
4.25. Encryption method registration
To identify with which method a frame has been encrypted the
encryption method must be registered in the tag with this frame. The
'Owner identifier' is a null-terminated string with a URL [URL]
containing an email address, or a link to a location where an email
address can be found, that belongs to the organisation responsible
for this specific encryption method. Questions regarding the
encryption method should be sent to the indicated email address. The
'Method symbol' contains a value that is associated with this method
throughout the whole tag, in the range $80-F0. All other values are
reserved. The 'Method symbol' may optionally be followed by
encryption specific data. There may be several "ENCR" frames in a tag
but only one containing the same symbol and only one containing the
same owner identifier. The method must be used somewhere in the tag.
See the description of the frame encryption flag in the ID3v2
structure document [ID3v2-strct] for more information.
Owner identifier $00
Method symbol $xx
Encryption data
4.26. Group identification registration
This frame enables grouping of otherwise unrelated frames. This can
be used when some frames are to be signed. To identify which frames
belongs to a set of frames a group identifier must be registered in
the tag with this frame. The 'Owner identifier' is a null-terminated
string with a URL [URL] containing an email address, or a link to a
location where an email address can be found, that belongs to the
organisation responsible for this grouping. Questions regarding the
grouping should be sent to the indicated email address. The 'Group
symbol' contains a value that associates the frame with this group
throughout the whole tag, in the range $80-F0. All other values are
reserved. The 'Group symbol' may optionally be followed by some group
specific data, e.g. a digital signature. There may be several "GRID"
frames in a tag but only one containing the same symbol and only one
containing the same owner identifier. The group symbol must be used
somewhere in the tag. See the description of the frame grouping flag
in the ID3v2 structure document [ID3v2-strct] for more information.
Owner identifier $00
Group symbol $xx
Group dependent data
4.27. Private frame
This frame is used to contain information from a software producer
that its program uses and does not fit into the other frames. The
frame consists of an 'Owner identifier' string and the binary data.
The 'Owner identifier' is a null-terminated string with a URL [URL]
containing an email address, or a link to a location where an email
address can be found, that belongs to the organisation responsible
for the frame. Questions regarding the frame should be sent to the
indicated email address. The tag may contain more than one "PRIV"
frame but only with different contents.
Owner identifier $00
The private data
4.28. Signature frame
This frame enables a group of frames, grouped with the 'Group
identification registration', to be signed. Although signatures can
reside inside the registration frame, it might be desired to store
the signature elsewhere, e.g. in watermarks. There may be more than
one 'signature frame' in a tag, but no two may be identical.
Group symbol $xx
Signature
4.29. Seek frame
This frame indicates where other tags in a file/stream can be found.
The 'minimum offset to next tag' is calculated from the end of this
tag to the beginning of the next. There may only be one 'seek frame'
in a tag.
Minimum offset to next tag $xx xx xx xx
4.30. Audio seek point index
Audio files with variable bit rates are intrinsically difficult to
deal with in the case of seeking within the file. The ASPI frame
makes seeking easier by providing a list a seek points within the
audio file. The seek points are a fractional offset within the audio
data, providing a starting point from which to find an appropriate
point to start decoding. The presence of an ASPI frame requires the
existence of a TLEN frame, indicating the duration of the file in
milliseconds. There may only be one 'audio seek point index' frame in
a tag.
Indexed data start (S) $xx xx xx xx
Indexed data length (L) $xx xx xx xx
Number of index points (N) $xx xx
Bits per index point (b) $xx
Then for every index point the following data is included;
Fraction at index (Fi) $xx (xx)
'Indexed data start' is a byte offset from the beginning of the file.
'Indexed data length' is the byte length of the audio data being
indexed. 'Number of index points' is the number of index points, as
the name implies. The recommended number is 100. 'Bits per index
point' is 8 or 16, depending on the chosen precision. 8 bits works
well for short files (less than 5 minutes of audio), while 16 bits is
advantageous for long files. 'Fraction at index' is the numerator of
the fraction representing a relative position in the data. The
denominator is 2 to the power of b.
Here are the algorithms to be used in the calculation. The known data
must be the offset of the start of the indexed data (S), the offset
of the end of the indexed data (E), the number of index points (N),
the offset at index i (Oi). We calculate the fraction at index i
(Fi).
Oi is the offset of the frame whose start is soonest after the point
for which the time offset is (i/N * duration).
The frame data should be calculated as follows:
Fi = Oi/L * 2^b (rounded down to the nearest integer)
Offset calculation should be calculated as follows from data in the
frame:
Oi = (Fi/2^b)*L (rounded up to the nearest integer)
5. Copyright
Copyright (C) Martin Nilsson 2000. All Rights Reserved.
This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to
others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it
or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied, published
and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any
kind, provided that a reference to this document is included on all
such copies and derivative works. However, this document itself may
not be modified in any way and reissued as the original document.
The limited permissions granted above are perpetual and will not be
revoked.
This document and the information contained herein is provided on an
"AS IS" basis and THE AUTHORS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF
THE INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
6. References
[CDDB] Compact Disc Data Base
http://www.cddb.com">http://www.cddb.com
[ID3v2.3.0] Martin Nilsson, "ID3v2 informal standard".
http://www.id3lib.org/id3/id3v2.3.0.txt
[ID3v2-strct] Martin Nilsson,
"ID3 tag version 2.4.0 - Main Structure"
http://www.id3lib.org/id3/id3v2.4.0-structure.txt
[ISO-639-2] ISO/FDIS 639-2.
Codes for the representation of names of languages, Part 2: Alpha-3
code. Technical committee / subcommittee: TC 37 / SC 2
[ISO-4217] ISO 4217:1995.
Codes for the representation of currencies and funds.
Technical committee / subcommittee: TC 68
[ISO-8859-1] ISO/IEC DIS 8859-1.
8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets, Part 1: Latin
alphabet No. 1. Technical committee / subcommittee: JTC 1 / SC 2
[ISRC] ISO 3901:1986
International Standard Recording Code (ISRC).
Technical committee / subcommittee: TC 46 / SC 9
[JFIF] JPEG File Interchange Format, version 1.02
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/JPEG/jfif.txt
[KEYWORDS] S. Bradner, 'Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels', RFC 2119, March 1997.
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2119.txt
[MIME] Freed, N. and N. Borenstein, "Multipurpose Internet Mail
Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies",
RFC 2045, November 1996.
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2045.txt
[MPEG] ISO/IEC 11172-3:1993.
Coding of moving pictures and associated audio for digital storage
media at up to about 1,5 Mbit/s, Part 3: Audio.
Technical committee / subcommittee: JTC 1 / SC 29
and
ISO/IEC 13818-3:1995
Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information,
Part 3: Audio.
Technical committee / subcommittee: JTC 1 / SC 29
and
ISO/IEC DIS 13818-3
Generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information,
Part 3: Audio (Revision of ISO/IEC 13818-3:1995)
[PNG] Portable Network Graphics, version 1.0
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-png-multi.html
[URL] T. Berners-Lee, L. Masinter & M. McCahill, "Uniform Resource
Locators (URL).", RFC 1738, December 1994.
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1738.txt">ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1738.txt
[ZLIB] P. Deutsch, Aladdin Enterprises & J-L. Gailly, "ZLIB
Compressed
Data Format Specification version 3.3", RFC 1950, May 1996.
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1950.txt
7. Appendix
A. Appendix A - Genre List from ID3v1
The following genres is defined in ID3v1
0.Blues
1.Classic Rock
2.Country
3.Dance
4.Disco
5.Funk
6.Grunge
7.Hip-Hop
8.Jazz
9.Metal
10.New Age
11.Oldies
12.Other
13.Pop
14.R&B
15.Rap
16.Reggae
17.Rock
18.Techno
19.Industrial
20.Alternative
21.Ska
22.Death Metal
23.Pranks
24.Soundtrack
25.Euro-Techno
26.Ambient
27.Trip-Hop
28.Vocal
29.Jazz+Funk
30.Fusion
31.Trance
32.Classical
33.Instrumental
34.Acid
35.House
36.Game
37.Sound Clip
38.Gospel
39.Noise
40.AlternRock
41.Bass
42.Soul
43.Punk
44.Space
45.Meditative
46.Instrumental Pop
47.Instrumental Rock
48.Ethnic
49.Gothic
50.Darkwave
51.Techno-Industrial
52.Electronic
53.Pop-Folk
54.Eurodance
55.Dream
56.Southern Rock
57.Comedy
58.Cult
59.Gangsta
60.Top 40
61.Christian Rap
62.Pop/Funk
63.Jungle
64.Native American
65.Cabaret
66.New Wave
67.Psychadelic
68.Rave
69.Showtunes
70.Trailer
71.Lo-Fi
72.Tribal
73.Acid Punk
74.Acid Jazz
75.Polka
76.Retro
77.Musical
78.Rock & Roll
79.Hard Rock
8. Author's Address
Written by
Martin Nilsson
Rydsvägen 246 C. 30
SE-584 34 Linköping
Sweden
Email: nilsson@id3.org