Public bug reported: I can't add frame 'WXXX' to mp3 files; mid3v2 changes the frame name and the frame value before writing to disk.
What I did: $ mid3v2 --list-raw example.mp3 Raw IDv2 tag info for example.mp3 TDRC(encoding=<Encoding.LATIN1: 0>, text=[u'2018']) TALB(encoding=<Encoding.LATIN1: 0>, text=[u'albumname']) TPE1(encoding=<Encoding.LATIN1: 0>, text=[u'artistname']) TIT2(encoding=<Encoding.LATIN1: 0>, text=[u'songtitle']) $ mid3v2 -h ... You can set the value for any ID3v2 frame by using '--' and then a frame ID. For example: mid3v2 --TIT3 "Monkey!" file.mp3 ... $ mid3v2 --WXXX "http://ubuntu.com/" example.mp3 What I expected: $ mid3v2 --list-raw example.mp3 WXXX(encoding=<Encoding.????: ?>, text=[u'http://ubuntu.com/']) or WXXX(encoding=<Encoding.????: ?>, url=u'http://ubuntu.com/') What I saw: $ mid3v2 --list-raw example.mp3 WXXX(encoding=<Encoding.UTF8: 3>, desc=u'', url=u"[u'http://ubuntu.com/']") When I use mutagen itself to read that frame I get: >>> import mutagen >>> f = mutagen.File('example.mp3') >>> f.tags['WXXX'] KeyError: 'WXXX' >>> f.tags['WXXX:'] WXXX(encoding=<Encoding.UTF8: 3>, desc='', url="[u'http://ubuntu.com/']") >>> str(f.tags['WXXX:']) "[u'http://ubuntu.com/']" I said "WXXX" not "WXXX:", and the value that mid3v2 stored was a string of a one-item list of the actual string I told it to store. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: python-mutagen 1.38-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-25.29-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sat Mar 24 10:42:08 2018 Dependencies: InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-05 (657 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: mutagen UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-22 (153 days ago) ** Affects: mutagen (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug artful -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1758537 Title: mid3v2 mangles data before adding to ID3v2 tags To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutagen/+bug/1758537/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs