discussion of the Creative Commons Metadata work

["Nathan R. Yergler" <nathan AT yergler.net>]

Marcus,

Thanks for checking out the app.  Did you attempt to do the embedding 
with ccTag or ccPublisher?  ccPublisher is the newer, better (I think) 
version of ccTag.  While it's primary advantage is that it allows you to 
seamlessly publish to the Internet Archive, it also preserves the 
"self-hosting" functionality present in ccTag.  I strongly encourage you 
to try it if you haven't yet.  You can download it at 
http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/software/publisher.  There's an MSI 
file for Windows and a DMG for Mac OS X. 

I'll try tagging a file with ccPublisher and using Windows Media Player 
myself this evening.  Please let me know if you still run into problems 
using ccPublisher.

Thanks again for checking out our apps,

Nathan R. Yergler
Software Engineer
Creative Commons


Marcus Valentine wrote:

> Hi
>
> As buried in the comments on 
> http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/4279,
>
> an mp3 tagged with ccTag is unreadable by Windows Media Player.
>
> Windows Media Player 10 helpfully provides the following information:
>
> <Windows Media Player says>
>
> C00D0BB8: Cannot play the file
>
> Windows Media Player cannot play the file. You might encounter this 
> error message for the following reason:
>
> You are trying to play an MP3 file that contains compressed ID3 
> headers. The ID3 header is a portion of the file that stores the 
> song's album information (for example, the song name, artist name, 
> album name, and genre). This information is sometimes called a "tag."
>
> To fix the problem, make a copy of the file and then use a 
> non-Microsoft ID3 tag editing program to remove or reset the file's 
> ID3 headers. After you remove the ID3 headers, Windows Media Player 
> should be able to play the MP3 file.
>
> </Windows Media Player says>
>
> To my mind this is a serious problem. I am attempting to embed a media 
> player in a web page to play tagged mp3s. The following simple snippet 
> of code successfully embeds a player when viewed with Firefox with 
> quicktime available.
>
> <embed src="my_mp3.mp3" type="video/Quicktime"></embed>
>
> When viewed in IE, it appears IE decides to embed windows media player 
> as the player, without any help from quicktime, thank you very much. I 
> am not aware of a way of forcing IE to use quicktime.
>
> Needless to say, when a tagged MP3 is used, windows media player then 
> folds its arm and refuses to play the MP3.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Marcus Valentine
>
>
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