ID3Lib [ Download ]

As one may have derived from previous posts, I have a project the uses MP3s quite heavily. As such, retrieving tag data from these is quite an important thing. Having recently migrated my personal server to Windows, I needed a non-Linux variant of my previous tag read. I thought that while I was at it I could add an additional feature, namely saving embedded album art. Unfortunately, I was unable to find any clear directions on how to do so using TagLib, so I created my own library. Three different times. In three different languages. A C++ version, a .NET version and, finally, a PHP version.

Recently, while making some additions to the Music Page, I came across the need to get the location of a YouTube FLV. Unfortunately, most of my googling turned up outdated results that no longer work. Fortunately, unlike a certain other site, it's not impossible. Below is a quick explanation of what I got to work. I'll be assuming that you know how to get your hands on the video ID (the "v" parameter in the query string).