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VLC can't read ID3 tags?

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 16:40
by a139231
I have a set of mp3 files tagged with ID3 metadata. VLC doesn't display this information in the playlist window. Double-checking, I opened EasyTag (tagging software) and it displayed all of the tag data (i.e. album, artist, title, etc.) correctly. Then I loaded the folder back into VLC but it still doesn't display the tag data and uses the file name as the title, but all other fields are empty. I'm using version 1.1.8

Re: VLC can't read ID3 tags?

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 17:12
by Jean-Baptiste Kempf
Try VLC 1.2.0

Re: VLC can't read ID3 tags?

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 18:10
by a139231
Where's the link for that version? I use ArchLinux most of the time, so I'll just wait for 1.2.0 version to be released through normal updates. However, I have a dual-boot box and I could install this newer version and test my issue under XP. Thanks for your help.

Re: VLC can't read ID3 tags?

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 20:26
by Lotesdelere
http://nightlies.videolan.org

Re: VLC can't read ID3 tags?

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 01:09
by plittlefield
Ubuntu Nightly.

VLC media player 2.2.0-git Weatherwax (revision 2.2.0~~git20140409+r56317+122+113+102~ubuntu12.04.1)

Does not seem to read MP3 tags.

I am trying to scrobble to last.fm and ofcourse it cannot.

Any ideas?

Re: VLC can't read ID3 tags?

Posted: 28 Apr 2014 12:49
by Jean-Baptiste Kempf
Do you have the taglib support in?

Re: VLC can't read ID3 tags?

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 00:12
by plittlefield
Fish.

How do I tell?

I am using the VLC nightly builds repo for Ubuntu.

I have this app NOT installed...

libtaglib2.0-cil - CLI library for accessing audio and video files metadata

Is there a command to list what VLC is built in with please?

Re: VLC can't read ID3 tags?

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 00:25
by plittlefield
Ah, found it...

$ vlc -vvv

'--enable-taglib'

So, yes, it is.

I have tried it with various different .mp3 files and it USED to scrobble fine, using lastfmsubmitd.

It is now NOT working, and I am trying to debug... hence the suggestion to see the metadata... hence it is missing.

Thanks in advance.

What's next to try and test?

:-)

Re: VLC can't read ID3 tags?

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 00:30
by plittlefield
OK, I am trying an .mp3 file...

Is this a clue...?

[0000000001f65838] core demux meta debug: looking for meta reader module matching "any": 1 candidates
[0000000001f65838] lua demux meta debug: Trying Lua scripts in /home/paully/.local/share/vlc/lua/meta/reader
[0000000001f65838] lua demux meta debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/lib/vlc/lua/meta/reader
[0000000001f65838] lua demux meta debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/vlc/lua/meta/reader/filename.luac
[0000000001f65838] lua demux meta debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/share/vlc/lua/meta/reader
[0000000001f65838] core demux meta debug: no meta reader modules matched

"no meta reader modules matched"

WDYT?

Re: VLC can't read ID3 tags?

Posted: 30 Apr 2014 00:58
by plittlefield
Anyone?

Re: VLC can't read ID3 tags?

Posted: 12 May 2014 23:54
by plittlefield
Anyone? Seriously?

Re: VLC can't read ID3 tags?

Posted: 15 May 2014 09:36
by plittlefield
So no-one does scrobbling?

Re: VLC can't read ID3 tags?

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 17:01
by dowcet
I'm able to scrobble from VLC just fine, once I set it up. But I'm confused by the way that VLC reads the tags. Artist/Album/Songtitles work fine but the rest (e.g. genre, rating etc.) are often blank for me in VLC, but filled in for every other player/tag editor, which is very strange/annoying.

Re: VLC can't read ID3 tags?

Posted: 01 Nov 2019 08:09
by davidmaxwaterman
I'm getting this issue too, all these years later. It's disappointing to not see any resolution on this thread :/

This is the output from vlc -vvv (which does show taglib enabled):

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main input debug: Creating an input for preparsing 'c6ea2328d95df6a2007bcf8dabc24530462a49f4923980aa5f8d3bc29b8d4daf' main meta fetcher debug: looking for meta fetcher module matching "any": 1 candidates lua meta fetcher debug: Trying Lua scripts in /home/davidmaxwaterman/.local/share/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher lua meta fetcher debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher lua meta fetcher debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/share/vlc/lua/meta/fetcher main meta fetcher debug: no meta fetcher modules matched main art finder debug: looking for art finder module matching "any": 2 candidates lua art finder debug: Trying Lua scripts in /home/davidmaxwaterman/.local/share/vlc/lua/meta/art lua art finder debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art lua art finder debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/00_musicbrainz.luac lua art finder debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/00_musicbrainz.luac lua art finder debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/01_googleimage.luac lua art finder debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/01_googleimage.luac lua art finder debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/02_frenchtv.luac lua art finder debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/02_frenchtv.luac lua art finder debug: Trying Lua playlist script /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/03_lastfm.luac lua art finder debug: skipping script (unmatched scope) /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/meta/art/03_lastfm.luac lua art finder debug: Trying Lua scripts in /usr/share/vlc/lua/meta/art main art finder debug: no art finder modules matched

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$ vlc --version VLC media player 3.0.8 Vetinari (revision 3.0.8-0-gf350b6b5a7) VLC version 3.0.8 Vetinari (3.0.8-0-gf350b6b5a7) Compiled by buildd on lgw01-amd64-002.buildd (Aug 19 2019 19:07:34) Compiler: gcc version 9.2.1 20190819 (Ubuntu 9.2.1-2ubuntu1) $ dpkg -l | grep vlc ii libvlc-bin:amd64 3.0.8-2 amd64 tools for VLC's base library ii libvlc5:amd64 3.0.8-2 amd64 multimedia player and streamer library ii libvlccore9:amd64 3.0.8-2 amd64 base library for VLC and its modules ii vlc 3.0.8-2 amd64 multimedia player and streamer ii vlc-bin 3.0.8-2 amd64 binaries from VLC ii vlc-data 3.0.8-2 all common data for VLC ii vlc-l10n 3.0.8-2 all translations for VLC ii vlc-plugin-base:amd64 3.0.8-2 amd64 multimedia player and streamer (base plugins) ii vlc-plugin-notify:amd64 3.0.8-2 amd64 LibNotify plugin for VLC ii vlc-plugin-qt:amd64 3.0.8-2 amd64 multimedia player and streamer (Qt plugin) ii vlc-plugin-samba:amd64 3.0.8-2 amd64 Samba plugin for VLC ii vlc-plugin-skins2:amd64 3.0.8-2 amd64 multimedia player and streamer (Skins2 plugin) ii vlc-plugin-video-output:amd64 3.0.8-2 amd64 multimedia player and streamer (video output plugins) ii vlc-plugin-video-splitter:amd64 3.0.8-2 amd64 multimedia player and streamer (video splitter plugins) ii vlc-plugin-visualization:amd64 3.0.8-2 amd64 multimedia player and streamer (visualization plugins)
OS is:

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$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=19.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=eoan DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 19.10"
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