 | Frame |
An enumeration of all Frame IDs described in the V2.3.0 informal standard.
Namespace: Orthogonal.NTagLite
Assembly: Orthogonal.NTagLite (in Orthogonal.NTagLite.dll) Version: 3.0.4
SyntaxC#
public enum FrameId
Members| Member name | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TIT1 | 0 | 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 | 1 | The 'Title/Songname/Content description' frame is the actual name of the piece (e.g. "Adagio", "Hurricane Donna"). |
| TIT3 | 2 | The 'Subtitle/Description refinement' frame is used for information directly related to the contents title (e.g. "Op. 16" or "Performed live at Wembley"). |
| TPE1 | 3 | The 'Lead artist(s)/Lead performer(s)/Soloist(s)/Performing group' is used for the main artist(s). They are seperated with the "/" character. |
| TPE2 | 4 | The 'Band/Orchestra/Accompaniment' frame is used for additional information about the performers in the recording. |
| TPE3 | 5 | The 'Conductor' frame is used for the name of the conductor. |
| TPE4 | 6 | The 'Interpreted, remixed, or otherwise modified by' frame contains more information about the people behind a remix and similar interpretations of another existing piece. |
| TALB | 7 | The 'Album/Movie/Show title' frame is intended for the title of the recording(/source of sound) which the audio in the file is taken from. |
| TOAL | 8 | 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. |
| TOFN | 9 | 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. |
| TOLY | 10 | The 'Original lyricist(s)/text writer(s)' frame is intended for the text writer(s) of the original recording, if for example the music in the file should be a cover of a previously released song. The text writers are seperated with the "/" … |
| TOPE | 11 | The 'Original artist(s)/performer(s)' frame is intended for the performer(s) of the original recording, if for example the music in the file should be a cover of a previously released song. The performers are seperated with the "/" characte… |
| TORY | 12 | The 'Original release year' frame is intended for the year when the original recording, if for example the music in the file should be a cover of a previously released song, was released. The field is formatted as in the "TYER" frame. |
| TBPM | 13 | The 'BPM' frame contains the number of beats per minute in the mainpart of the audio. The BPM is an integer and represented as a numerical string. |
| TCOM | 14 | The 'Composer(s)' frame is intended for the name of the composer(s). They are seperated with the "/" character. |
| TCON | 15 | The 'Content type', which previously was stored as a one byte numeric value only, is now a numeric string. You may use one or several of the types as ID3v1.1 did or, since the category list would be impossible to maintain with accurate and … |
| TCOP | 16 | The 'Copyright message' frame, which 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… |
| TENC | 17 | 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. |
| TEXT | 18 | The 'Lyricist(s)/Text writer(s)' frame is intended for the writer(s) of the text or lyrics in the recording. They are seperated with the "/" character. |
| TRCK | 19 | 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 numer of tracks/elemen… |
| TOWN | 20 | The 'File owner/licensee' frame contains the name of the owner or licensee of the file and it's contents. |
| TMED | 21 | 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. References are made within "(" and ")" and are optionally followed by a … |
| TPUB | 22 | The 'Publisher' frame simply contains the name of the label or publisher. |
| TKEY | 23 | 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 represen… |
| TPOS | 24 | 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 extende… |
| TRDA | 25 | The 'Recording dates' frame is a intended to be used as complement to the "TYER", "TDAT" and "TIME" frames. E.g. "4th-7th June, 12th June" in combination with the "TYER" frame. |
| TRSN | 26 | The 'Internet radio station name' frame contains the name of the internet radio station from which the audio is streamed. |
| TRSO | 27 | The 'Internet radio station owner' frame contains the name of the owner of the internet radio station from which the audio is streamed. |
| TFLT | 28 | The 'File type' frame indicates which type of audio this tag defines. |
| TIME | 29 | The 'Time' frame is a numeric string in the HHMM format containing the time for the recording. This field is always four characters long. |
| TLAN | 30 | The 'Language(s)' 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. If more than one language is used in the text their language c… |
| TLEN | 31 | The 'Length' frame contains the length of the audiofile in milliseconds, represented as a numeric string. |
| TSIZ | 32 | The 'Size' frame contains the size of the audiofile in bytes, excluding the ID3v2 tag, represented as a numeric string. |
| TSRC | 33 | The 'ISRC' frame should contain the International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) (12 characters). |
| TSSE | 34 | 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. |
| TYER | 35 | The 'Year' frame is a numeric string with a year of the recording. This frames is always four characters long (until the year 10000). |
| IPLS | 36 | Since there might be a lot of people contributing to an audio file in various ways, such as musicians and technicians, the 'Text information frames' are often insufficient to list everyone involved in a project. The 'Involved people list' i… |
| TDAT | 37 | The 'Date' frame is a numeric string in the DDMM format containing the date for the recording. This field is always four characters long. |
| TDLY | 38 | The 'Playlist delay' defines the numbers of milliseconds of silence between every song in a playlist. The player should use the "ETC" frame, if present, to skip initial silence and silence at the end of the audio to match the 'Playlist dela… |
| USER | 39 | 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 only be one… |
| TXXX | 40 | This frame is intended for one-string text information concerning the audiofile 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 str… |
| USLT | 41 | 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 … |
| COMM | 42 | This frame is indended 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. N… |
| WOAR | 43 | 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. |
| WPUB | 44 | The 'Publishers official webpage' frame is a URL pointing at the official wepage for the publisher. |
| WCOP | 45 | 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 | 46 | The 'Official audio file webpage' frame is a URL pointing at a file specific webpage. |
| WOAS | 47 | 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 | 48 | The 'Official internet radio station homepage' contains a URL pointing at the homepage of the internet radio station. |
| WPAY | 49 | The 'Payment' frame is a URL pointing at a webpage that will handle the process of paying for this file. |
| WCOM | 50 | 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. |
| WXXX | 51 | This frame is intended for URL links concerning the audiofile 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 alway… |
| UFID | 52 | This frame's purpose is to be able to identify the audio file in a database that may contain more information relevant to the content. Since standardisation of such a database is beyond this document, all frames begin with a null-terminated… |
| PCNT | 53 | 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 insert… |
| POPM | 54 | 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 audiofiles more often than others or it could be used to profile a person'… |
| MCDI | 55 | This frame is intended for music that comes from a CD, so that the CD can be identified in databases such as the 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 b… |
| GEOB | 56 | In this frame any type of file can be encapsulated. After the header, 'Frame size' and 'Encoding' follows 'MIME type' represented as as a terminated string encoded with ISO-8859-1. The filename is case sensitive and is encoded as 'Encoding'… |
| PRIV | 57 | 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-termin… |
| ETCO | 58 | This frame allows synchronisation with key events in a song or sound. |
| MLLT | 59 | To increase performance and accuracy of jumps within a MPEG audio file, frames with timecodes in different locations in the file might be useful. The ID3v2 frame includes references that the software can use to calculate positions in the fi… |
| SYTC | 60 | 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… |
| SYLT | 61 | 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 t… |
| RVAD | 62 | This is a more subjective function than the previous ones. It allows the user to say how much he wants to increase/decrease the volume on each channel while the file is played. The purpose is to be able to align all files to a reference vol… |
| EQUA | 63 | This is another subjective, alignment frame. It allows the user to predefine an equalisation curve within the audio file. There may only be one "EQUA" frame in each tag. |
| RVRB | 64 | Yet another subjective one. You may here 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 b… |
| RBUF | 65 | Sometimes the server from which a 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. I… |
| AENC | 66 | This frame indicates if the actual audio stream is encrypted, and by whom. Since standardization of such encryption scheme is beyond this document, all "AENC" frames begin with a terminated string with a URL containing an email address, or … |
| LINK | 67 | To keep space waste 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 s… |
| POSS | 68 | This frame delivers information to the listener of how far into the audio stream he picked up; in effect, it states the time offset of the first frame in the stream. |
| OWNE | 69 | 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 fiel… |
| COMR | 70 | 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 beg… |
| ENCR | 71 | 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 containing an email address, or a link to a location… |
| GRID | 72 | 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 … |
| APIC | 73 | This frame contains a picture directly related to the audio file. Image format is the MIME type and subtype for the image. In the event that the MIME media type name is omitted, "image/" will be implied. The "image/png" or "image/jpeg" pict… |
See Also