[Rhythmbox-devel] Writing m4a tags

[Ryan Hughes <ryan iheartryan com>]

Hi.  When I use rhythmbox, I don't seem to be able to write tags in m4a 
files.  I'm trying to look up information about this, but the signal/noise 
ratio is very low.  I'm seeing posts from 2005 about reading tags, I'm 
seeing posts about not being able to play m4a files at all.  I'm seeing 
things about taglib, easytag, and faad.  I'm seeing things about amarok.

So I'd like to get the answers straight from the horse's mouth:

What's the deal with writing m4a tags in rhythmbox?

I once heard a rumor that it is possible to do, but the version of 
product-Z that is distributed with ubuntu does not have it compiled in 
due to patent restrictions or something, and that all I'd have to do is 
recompile product-Z.  If only I could remember what product-Z was, I could 
get to the bottom of this.  Taglib?  Easytag?  faad?

Or, if that rumor is not true, I would like to help out whatever project 
it is that rhythmbox uses, to get this accomplished more quickly.  There's 
legends that GPL'ed tag-writing code is available on the web, so if it's 
just a matter of grabbing it from one project and integrating it with 
another, I can do that.

Okay, thanks.

--Ryan