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0005968MMW v4Framework: Taggingpublic2011-07-11 00:08
Reporteruser_chrisjj Assigned To 
PriorityurgentSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status assignedResolutionopen 
PlatformWindowsOSXPOS Version-
Target Version4.1 
Summary0005968: Date stored in WMA Release Time attribute
DescriptionDescription added by Rusty:

This issue is discussed in detail in the forum. The main issue is that according to spec, "The WM/OriginalReleaseTime attribute contains the time at which the content was originally released."

Possible solutions discussed:
-'ID3/TDRL' : Downside is that it would mean a mix of WM and ID3 tags
-'ReleaseDate' : Seems to make sense because date field is actually referring to the release date of the track/album (and _not_ the Original Release Date)
-'ReleaseTime' : This implies more is stored than just date information, probably not a great choice.
-'Date': Seems to make sense becaus date field is referring to the track/album's release date.

Ultimately, the best choice would be whatever is used by a couple of other leading Media Players (i.e. the defacto standard). We should test Winamp, jRiver, dbPoweramp and see what they use.

Note: Whatever approach is taken, MM should also:
- write WM/Year
- read WM/Year when WM/DATE (or whatever is decided upon) doesn't exist
Additional InformationSee http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=42797&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Spec: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd757970(VS.85).aspx
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related to 0005564 closedrusty Date information format for WMA files documented incorrectly 
related to 0006014 closedrusty Help WMA Date docs wrong 

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rusty

2009-10-09 19:14

administrator   ~0019118

Assigning to Peke to for feedback re. what format Winamp, jRiver, dbPoweramp use.

peke

2011-07-11 00:08

developer   ~0026693

It looks that WM/Year is standard for DATE tag and use WM/Date as solution. I tested with WA, jRiver, and dbPoweramp none of them do not use WM/Date