How to get the Encoder

[mpatric]

How to get the Encoder

[mpatric]

The encoding software is probably either in the TENC frame or in the TSSE
frame (I suspect most encoders use TSSE).

The mp3agic library already has a method for the TENC frame (getEncoder()
on the id3v2 tag), but not one for TSSE. But it's very easy to add, just
copy what was done for getEncoder() in ID3v2.java and AbstractID3v2Tag.java
but use 'TSSE' as the tag id instead of 'TENC'.

If you do the work, fork the project on github and submit a pull request
once you've done the change and I'll merge it in. Thanks.

[giorgioponza]

Hi mpratic. I tried but with no luck. After further investigation, it seems that my LameEncoder wrote the 'Encoder' somewhere else. I'm trying to understand where exactly this information is written. With MediaInfo i can see exactly the 'Writing library' and the 'Encoding settings'. Anyway, the solution is more complicated as i expected, and needs more time to find out a solution.
Thanks for your quick answer.

[mpatric]

Look at the mp3 with a hex viewer like 0xED (or something else) and you should be able to recognise the tag id before the encoder. The id3v2 tag is usually at the start of the file.