ID3 Tag Validator Application User Manual
Release 1.8 Revision F
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Comma-Delimited Tag Listing
If you set the -p option to 4 or 6 when you run Validator, Validator generates a Comma-
Delimited Tag Listing. To take advantage of this format, import the listing into a
spreadsheet.
Example
Table 7 shows five rows of a Comma-Delimited Tag Listing imported into Microsoft Excel
(with heading row and labels added). The following items describe each of the fields.
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Sequence Number
18
1444645043
155
9020
2800909011
9020
2800851248
57763
9120
2800909007
9120
2800851248
57759
168
The PCM-to-ID3 SDK generates a unique sequence number for each tag (DATA or
INFO) that it creates. Sequence numbers are consecutive, and INFO tags are
numbered in sequence with DATA tags. A missing sequence number in the detailed
tag listing usually is an indication that the ID3 tag was dropped or delivered out of
order sometime after the PCM-to-ID3 SDK generated it. It is acceptable for INFO
Tags to be delivered out of order. However, DATA tags should appear in the output
stream in the same order as the PCM-to-ID3 SDK generated them.
Table 7 –Comma-Delimited Tag Listing Imported into Microsoft Excel with Added Headings
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2800909011 9020 2800851248 57763 9120 2800909007 9120 2800851248 57759
168
19 1444645053 165 9020 2800909022 9020 2800851248 57774 9120 2800909021 9120 2800851248 57773
176
20 1444645061 173 9020 2800909032 9020 2800851248 57784 9120 2800909029 9120 2800851248 57781
186
FD CID SID mismatch; FD CID TS inconsistency;
21 1444645071 183 9020 2800909039 9020 2800851248 57791 26516 1582259560 9120 2800851248 57790
194
22 1444645079 191 9020 2800909047 9020 2800851248 57799 9120 2800909047 9120 2800851248 57799
204
