iphone - Reading MP3 information using objective c

Question

I have mp3 files stored on the iPhone and I my application should to be able to read the ID3 information, i.e length in seconds, artist, etc. Does anyone know how to do this or what library to use in Objective-C?

Your thoughts are much appreciated.

Answer 1

ID3 information can be read retrieving the kAudioFilePropertyInfoDictionary property of an audio file using the AudioFileGetProperty function of the AudioToolbox framework.

A detailed explanation is available at iphonedevbook.com

edit: Original link is now down. InformIT has some similar sample code, but it's not as complete.