Audio Tags

Contents

• Introduction
• Installation
• History
• C++ Source Code

Introduction

The plugin gives Opus the ability to display metadata (and in the future thumbnails) for various audio formats. This is in addition to Opus's built-in support for MP3 and WMA.

Unlike the dMCTags Plugin, this plugin supports 64-bit and does not require any third-party software.

At the moment the plugin supports only Ogg Vorbis and FLAC (and Ogg-FLAC). It is essentially a re-written replacement of the old Ogg/FLAC plugin (adding support for 64-bit Windows/Opus and USB exports).

A future version of the plugin will add support for iTunes/Nero AAC/M4A & Apple Lossless (ALAC), Monkey's Audio (APE), and Speex (SPX). Album-cover thumbnail support will be added for those formats which allow it (including Ogg and FLAC). If you'd like to suggest other formats then use the email link at the bottom of the page.

Directory Opus showing some Ogg and FLAC metadata.

Installation

The Audio Tags plugin is packaged as part of Directory Opus itself but you may sometimes find a newer version here.

• Directory Opus 9:

  You should already have the latest version of the Audio Tags plugin if you have Opus 9.1.2.0 (22nd May 2009) or above installed.

  (Newer versions of the plugin may be posted here between Opus releases.)

• Directory Opus 8:

  You should use the older Ogg/FLAC plugin instead as it works with Opus 8.

  The Audio Tags plugin requires features of Opus 9 and will not work with Opus 8.

• Directory Opus 6:

  There is no similar plugin which works with Opus 6.

History

Version 1.0.0.1 (22nd May 2009):

• First proper release as part of Directory Opus 9.1.2.0.
• This first release of the plugin is intended to replace the old Ogg/FLAC plugin.
• Supports 64-bit Windows/Opus.
• Supports Opus running from USB sticks (i.e. no registry changes).
• Supports Unicode filepaths and tag data.

C++ Source Code

The plugin's C++ source code is available from the Pretentious Name Opus Plugin Source page.