How do I get a MP3 file's details (like the author, title, album, year, etc.) with not too complicated coding?

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I just want a simple piece of code that can give me the author, album, year, title and genre from a mp3 file. If one can, in the form of variables so that I can work with that. All I want to do is let this information show in a label. Eg. lblArtist, lblAlbum, lblGenre, lblYear, lblTitle. If any one can give me some help, I wo

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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The information you want is called ID3. This site has many answers for this (in many languages). For example, How to read MP3 file tags

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answered Feb 19 '11 at 21:33

irritate

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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How to Read / Write ID3 Tags in MP3 Files 1 - 2 - 3

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ID3v2 Library is a component for use in Win32

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PBB Player ( pbb-player ) - ID3v2adv.pas

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answered Feb 19 '11 at 21:29

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hi DelphiBeginner_XD see my update. ps next time tell us what language are you using first ;) – Luca Filosofi Feb 22 '11 at 13:09
Hehe, sorry. Will do that next time. Thanx. :) – Armand Maree Mar 03 '11 at 16:34

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

MP3 tags are in ID3 format, so that is what you are after.

How do I get a MP3 file's details (like the author, title, album, year, etc.) with not too complicated coding?

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