Richard Farrar's Blog

Album or cover artwork can easily be embedded within MP3 files via ID3 tags. However, the ID3 specification caters for over 20 different image categories. So which is the best image category to choose, and is it ever worth embedding more than one image into your MP3 files?

Since the release of version 2 of the ID3 tag specification over ten years ago it’s been possible to add album artwork to your collection of MP3 files. This feature of the ID3 specification is now pretty well supported. Most MP3 players with a screen capable of displaying graphics (be they software or hardware  based), now support this feature.

However, as usual with these sort of things, MP3 player manufacturers tend to implement the ID3 tag standard in subtly different ways. This inevitably leads to unpredictable results for the user, particularly when displaying album art.

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The Internet Monthly is a monthly podcast featuring 20 or so short Internet related articles, tips and tricks and a regular search engine of the month feature.

This month’s podcast features a new browser add-on from Google that tests your website’s performance, the cyber-squatter name checker that covers 120 social media sites and new domain names that will cost businesses £10,000 each.

There’s news about how Dell increased sales by Twittering and why Comet is publishing customer feedback. You can also find out how to automate your updates across 40 sites at once and make sure you’re found on Google, and where to get Windows 7 for free and Snow Leopard for only £20.

This podcast is derived from a monthly newsletter published by Zen Internet and recorded and produced by Silicon Bay. The podcast is reproduced by kind permission of Zen Internet.

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