feature request: Is there a plan to let exiftool write ID3-Tags of MP3-files?

[Menace]

Hello,

currently I am working with IMatch, which use exiftool. I like this DAM-Software a lot but missing to change my MP3-Tags.

Is there a plan for exiftool also to write back ID3-Tags?

Thank you in advance.

Kind regards,

Menace

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Menace,

I actually started writing an ID3 writer in 2006, but got discouraged because it turned out to be a more difficult task than I thought.  A large part of the problem is that the ID3 specification is crap.  So unfortunately adding ID3 write support isn't something that will happen in the foreseeable  future.

- Phil

[Menace]

Hi Phil,

thank you for your fast answer. I can understand your decision. Even for my ID3 seems strange. Maybe there will be one day a better system.

Kind regards,

Menace

[Mac2]

I know that there are more ID3 variations than there are flies in the Outback. And the specification has, eh, evolved in strange ways.
I use ExifTool to extract ID3 tags. Having a way to write them back via ExifTool as well would be fabulous. Even a "Can write only ID3 version X" would still be great.
Maybe one of the existing Perl libs for writing ID3 could be used?

[Phil Harvey]

The problem isn't only the different IFD3 versions.  In many cases the formatting for tag values is not well defined.  Many necessary details are not addressed in the specification, and none of the edge cases were considered.

- Phil