Short: Remove ReadOnlyTags and unnecessary stuff in MP3's Author: radiat-r@sascha-ploss.de (radiat-r aka Sascha Ploss) Uploader: radiat-r sascha-ploss de (radiat-r aka Sascha Ploss) Type: mus/misc Version: 1.1b (15 Feb 2000) Replaces: TidyMP3.lha Architecture: m68k-amigaos Introduction: Small tool to remove those silly ID3 Read Only Tags or other unnecessary stuff from the beginning of an MPEG audio file causing ugly sounds before the song is played. Disclaimer: Use at your own risk! I cannot be held responsible for any damage it may cause, either to hardware or to software. Requirements: Should run on almost every Amiga. Installation: After extracting the archive, just copy the executable anywhere you want it (I recommend to put it somewhere in your path, e.g. sys:c) Usage: - General: It's a cli only tool, the template is: "MpegClean-r []" Where is the mp3 file you want to edit, is the filename, where you want to save the edited file. Optionally you can specify a filename for the , in which the removed part will be stored (If you would join the Trashfile and the Outputfile, you will get the Inputfile again). - "Fake" headers: some files start with a header to avoid programmes to remove the information (which is causing the ugly sounds). MpegClean-r can't detect if it's a real or a fake header, but if you know it's there (causing a beep or similar not belonging to the song at start) you can remove it. Just try to clean it as normal and type "y" when you're asked if you wan't to remove the first frame although the file already starts with the first header (maybe you have to clean it twice to get this question). Notes: If you encounter that the resulting file is played faster or slower (your player displays different bitrates/frequencies for the cleaned and uncleaned file), just clean the file again (select "y" when you're asked if you wan't to remove the first frame). Bugs: I don't know any. If you find one, PLEASE mail me and i'll try to fix it. History: 1.1b: - Support for all types of MPEG audio - Renamed to MpegClean-r 1.1a: - Support for "fake" headers 1.0: - First release Future: - Recognition of the ReadOnly Tags with possibility to save the information in the normal tag. - Wildcards Please mail me if you use it: radiat-r@sascha-ploss.de Check out my Amiga pages with more Amiga stuff: http://www.Global-Multimedia.de/amiga/