User Guide

Sound 607
See also
setVolume (Sound.setVolume method)
id3 (Sound.id3 property)
public id3 : Object [read-only]
Provides access to the metadata that is part of an MP3 file.
MP3 sound files can contain ID3 tags, which provide metadata about the file. If an MP3
sound that you load using
Sound.attachSound() or Sound.loadSound() contains ID3 tags,
you can query these properties. Only ID3 tags that use the UTF-8 character set are supported.
Flash Player 6 (6.0.40.0) and later use the
Sound.id3 property to support ID3 1.0 and ID3
1.1 tags. Flash Player 7 adds support for ID3 2.0 tags, specifically 2.3 and 2.4. The following
table lists the standard ID3 2.0 tags and the type of content the tags represent; you query
them in the format
my_sound.id3.COMM, my_sound.id3.TIME, and so on. MP3 files can
contain tags other than those in this table;
Sound.id3 provides access to those tags as well.
Property Description
TFLT File type
TIME Time
TIT1 Content group description
TIT2 Title/song name/content description
TIT3 Subtitle/description refinement
TKEY Initial key
TLAN Languages
TLEN Length
TMED Media type
TOAL Original album/movie/show title
TOFN Original filename
TOLY Original lyricists/text writers
TOPE Original artists/performers
TORY Original release year
TOWN File owner/licensee
TPE1 Lead performers/soloists
TPE2 Band/orchestra/accompaniment