ID3 Tags
ROTunes from v0.08 has improved ID3 tag recognition. AMPlayer itself can return ID3v1 tag information, but it doesn't always correctly return ID3v2 information.
ROTunes makes an intelligent guess at the information, depending upon what sub-version of ID3v2 is detected. At any point you can view the ID3 data for a particular track by selecting the 'Track xx...' option from the main menu.
Rescanning the library
You can rescan the entire library, populating the strack length and genre columns of the main display window. To do this, select Rescan ID3 data from the Utilities sub-menu on the main menu.
Warning: This will take a long time, depending upon how many tracks you have - it takes around 25 minutes to scan 7700 tracks on my Iyonix. However, I've made it multi-task so that you can continue using the machine while it rescans. Scanning is faster if you're not playing music at the time (which causes ROTunes to multi-thread and have to access multiple files simultaneously) so playback will automatically pause at the end of the current track. You can abort the scan at any time, by selecting the Utilities>-Abort ID3 scan option on the main menu.
Links for Reference
· www.id3.og - Details on the ID3 format.
· Wikipedia - Details on ID3 including comprehensive list of genre codes.
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