Gumichan01 / libtagspp

A cross-platform library for reading tags

libtags++

A cross-platform library for reading tags, based on libtags.

Comparison to id3lib and taglib:

	libtags++	id3lib	taglib
ID3v2.4	yes	no	yes
Ogg/Vorbis	yes	no	yes
FLAC	yes	no	yes
m4a	yes	no	yes
opus	yes	no	yes
WAV	yes	no	yes
replay gain	yes	no	???
license	MIT	LGPL	LGPL/MPL
written in	C++	C++	C++
memory	no allocations	allocates memory	allocates memory
thread safe	yes	???	???
tag writing	no, not a goal	yes	yes

Example program

libtagpp::Tag tag;
if(tag.readTag("data/gumichan01-eastern_wind.ogg")
{
    cout << "Title - " << tag.title() << endl                       // Eastern Wind
         << "Artist - " << tag.artist() << endl                     // Gumichan01
         << "Album - " << tag.album() << endl                       // QD-A9
         << " ===============================" << endl
         << "Duration - " << tag.properties().duration() << endl    // 1:41
}
else
    cerr << "Cannot read the tag" << endl;

Build

Windows

You can just use the codeblocks project file to generate the library and test the program

Linux/Mac OSX

The library can be compiled using any C++ compiler (g++, clang++). You just need to use the makefile.