Read an MP3′s ID3 in AS3 ( including images )

This example uses the new URLStream and ByteArray objects in AS3 to download the ID3 portion of an MP3 file and retrieve the embedded image. Admittedly it is still 90% broken, but I was too excited about the results to hold out any longer. I still plan on completing a set of classes to read and write ID3 data, but you can go ahead and download the source for the example application as is.

Updated 5/31/2006 Updated for Flex 2 Beta 3.
Updated 5/28/2008 For anyone stumbling across this entry, the classes to read and write ID3 data have been improved a lot beyond the basic code given here. You can find them along with other metadata parsers in the Metaphile AS3 Library which is hosted on googlecode.

One Response to “Read an MP3′s ID3 in AS3 ( including images )”

  1. Campbell says:
    January 25, 2006 at 2:59 am

    Again you break out with the new hotness. What about some of your other examples? ;o)