EyeDee3 Tags

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Hi everybody,
I need a free ID3 Tag Editor DLL for BlitzPlus.
In case you don't know what a ID3 Tag is, then go away. lol jk a ID3 Tag is the info for a song file (e.g., Title, Artist, Album, ect.) I would really like a DLL for this. If you find one, PLZ post it here.
tnxs

It's very easy to modify ID3v1 with blitz's own I/O functions.

Here's a function for reading ID3v1 tags:

Function ReadID3v1Tag$(path$, tag%)
	Local file% = ReadFile(path$), char%, result$ = "", bytes% = 0
	If file%
		SeekFile(file%, FileSize(path$) - 125)
		
		Select tag%
			Case 0
				SeekFile(file%, FilePos(file%) - 3)
				bytes% = 3
			Case 1 ; Title
				SeekFile(file%, FilePos(file%) + 0)
				bytes% = 30
			Case 2 ; Artist
				SeekFile(file%, FilePos(file%) + 30)
				bytes% = 30
			Case 3 ; Album
				SeekFile(file%, FilePos(file%) + 60)
				bytes% = 30
			Case 4 ; Year
				SeekFile(file%, FilePos(file%) + 90)
				bytes% = 4
			Case 5 ; Comment
				SeekFile(file%, FilePos(file%) + 94)
				bytes% = 30
			Case 6 ; Genre
				SeekFile(file%, FilePos(file%) + 124)
				bytes% = 1
		End Select
		
		For i = 0 To bytes% - 1
			char% = ReadByte(file%)
			If char% = 0 Then Exit
			result$ = result$ + Chr(char%)
		Next
		CloseFile(file%)
		Return result$
	EndIf
End Function


If ID3v1 tags exist then ReadID3v1Tag$(path$, 0) = "TAG"

How about creation date and whatnot?

The fourth field?

i meant like in a normal file's createion date..

creation date is not a ID3 tag its standard on any file

exactly.. how do you get it in blitz?

Very cool Andres! Thnxs! Works perfect! (Except genre)

Genre works too, but you just need to know what each byte represents.