TYER in ID3 v2.4

[Happy Hobo]

ID3 version 2.4 "replaced" TYER with TDRC, but some audio tools have not adapted to this change.

I have files with ID3v2.4 that contain both TDRC and TYER.  exiftool displays TDRC, but for TYER, only this warning:

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Warning                         : [minor] Frame 'TYER' is not valid for this ID3 version
For audio files, I would like for exiftool to also output:
ID3 Version                     : 2.4
and if a v2.4 file contains TYER:

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Year (TYER)                     : 2001
Warning                         : [minor] Frame 'TYER' is not valid for this ID3 version
For -csv, just put "TYER" for the field name and put it in the column immediately before the Warning.  (Some user-friendly tag name for the version.)

I don't think the platform/version matters for this, but here they are:

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WGroleau@MBP ~ % exiftool -ver
12.70
WGroleau@MBP ~ % uname
Darwin
WGroleau@MBP ~ % uname -a
Darwin MBP.local 23.1.0 Darwin Kernel Version 23.1.0: Mon Oct  9 21:27:27 PDT 2023; root:xnu-10002.41.9~6/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
WGroleau@MBP ~ % echo "$(sw_vers -productName) $(sw_vers -productVersion) $(sw_vers -buildVersion)"
macOS 14.1.2 23B92

[Phil Harvey]

ExifTool does extract "Year" (TYER) even if it is not valid for the ID3 version.

- Phil

[Happy Hobo]

For files containing both TDRC and TYER, I only see one "Year" and the warning.

[StarGeek]

What command are you using?  Are you including the -a (-duplicates) option in order to see duplicated tag names?  See FAQ #3.

[Phil Harvey]

The tag name for TDRC is RecordingTime.  See the ID3 Tag Names.

- Phil

[Happy Hobo]

I wasn't aware of "duplicates"  (I often see GPSDateTime twice—in images—without using that option.)  So, I see that TYER is listed as "Year" immediately after the warning.  That's close enough for me.  So I withdraw the request as not making enough difference to be worth any effort.  :-)