getID3() - The PHP media file parser

getID3()

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Latest 1.x stable version: 1.7.9 (released Mar 08, 2009) - ed2k

Latest 2.x alpha version: 2.0.0-b5 (released Mar 08, 2009) - ed2k -- THIS IS NOT IN ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT. NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PRODUCTION USE.

user-contributed modules -- including better SVG support than stock module
v1.7.9 requires PHP 4.2.0 or newer
v2.0.0-b5 requires PHP 5.0.0 or newer
v2.0.0-b5 can write only some tag formats:
ID3v1
APEtag
FLAC
Ogg Vorbis
Lyrics3

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getID3() is a PHP script that extracts useful information from MP3s & other multimedia file formats:

Tag formats:
- ID3v1 (v1.0 & v1.1)
- ID3v2 (v2.2, v2.3 & v2.4)
- APE tags (v1 & v2)
- (Ogg) VorbisComment
- Lyrics3 (v1 & v2)
Lossy Audio-only formats:
- MP3, MP2, MP1 (MPEG-1, layer III/II/I audio, including Fraunhofer, Xing and LAME VBR/CBR headers)
- Ogg Vorbis
- Musepack (versions SV4-SV8)
- AAC & MP4
- AC-3
- DTS
- RealAudio
- VQF
- Speex
- Digital Speech Standard (DSS)
Lossless Audio-only formats:
- WAV (including extended chunks such as BWF and CART)
- AIFF
- Monkey's Audio
- FLAC & OggFLAC
- LA (Lossless Audio)
- OptimFROG
- WavPack
- TTA
- LPAC (Lossless Predictive Audio Compressor)
- Bonk
- LiteWave
- Shorten
- RKAU
- Apple Lossless Audio Codec
- RealAudio Lossless
- CD-audio (*.cda)
- NeXT/Sun .au
- Creative .voc
- AVR (Audio Visual Research)
- MIDI
Audio-Video formats:
Graphic formats:
- JPEG
- PNG
- GIF
- BMP (Windows & OS/2)
- TIFF
- SWF (Flash)
- PhotoCD
Data formats:
- ZIP
- TAR
- GZIP
- ISO 9660 (CD-ROM image)
- CUEsheets (.cue)
- SZIP
Metadata types:
Formats identified, but not parsed:

getID3() can write:

Viewable source files for v1s:

Read these files for info on how this script works, recent changes, etc:

These files are just available so you can browse the source online - download the zip package above to run this script:

Viewable source files for v2b:

Read these files for info on how this script works, recent changes, etc:

These files are just available so you can browse the source online - download the zip package above to run this script:

Licensed gCL (commercial) users

This is the official list of licensed getID3 Commercial Licensees:

cosmicsoft [effective 2006-Aug-18 through 2009-Aug-18]
wimpyplayer [effective 2006-Oct-18 (lifetime license)]
ViziMetrics, Inc. [effective 2007-Mar-25 (lifetime license)]
Cinesoft [effective 2007-Jun-05 (lifetime license)]
ScreenTonic [effective 2007-Jun-06 (lifetime license)]
Website Music Player [effective 2007-Aug-21 (lifetime license)]
Jon Lewis [effective 2008-Mar-13 (lifetime license)]

Use of getID3 by anyone not in the above list must abide by the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL). You can report any suspected violations to info@getid3.org.