Re^2: ID3v2 TAG unpack uninitialized value

Actually, you want to unpack them as four bytes. unpack "CCCC". ID3 has this wacky format that stores a 28-bit integer with 7 bits per byte, which I see the OP is already aware of.

The pack "I" format is not nearly as useful as you might think, because the length and byte order are both platform-dependent. You usually want to stick with "N" or "V".

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Re^3: ID3v2 TAG unpack uninitialized value by thanos1983 (Parson) on Jan 06, 2014 at 00:06 UTC
Thanks for the tip no_slogan, I actually print tried all of them and I got the same result for (I An unsigned integer and for V A long integer in VAX order). Output can be viewed under: `This is the content of lines_0 with I: 990183424 This is the content of lines_1 with I: 826626132 This is the content of lines_2 with I: 167772160 This is the content of lines_3 with I: 1090519040 This is the content of lines_0 with V: 990183424 This is the content of lines_1 with V: 826626132 This is the content of lines_2 with V: 167772160 This is the content of lines_3 with V: 1090519040` [download] When I tried to print the (N A long integer in network order) option I got this result: `This is the content of lines_0: 1339 This is the content of lines_1: 1414546737 This is the content of lines_2: 10 This is the content of lines_3: 65` [download] The reason that I was using the (I An unsigned integer) characters is that on the official website description says: http://id3.org/id3v2.4.0-structure `%x is used to indicate a bit with unknown content. ID3v2 size 4 * %0xxxxxxx` [download] `The ID3v2 tag size is stored as a 32 bit synchsafe integer (section 6. +2), making a total of 28 effective bits (representing up to 256MB).` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: ID3v2 TAG unpack uninitialized value
by thanos1983 (Parson) on Jan 06, 2014 at 00:06 UTC

Thanks for the tip no_slogan, I actually print tried all of them and I got the same result for (I An unsigned integer and for V A long integer in VAX order). Output can be viewed under:

This is the content of lines_0 with I: 990183424
This is the content of lines_1 with I: 826626132
This is the content of lines_2 with I: 167772160
This is the content of lines_3 with I: 1090519040

This is the content of lines_0 with V: 990183424
This is the content of lines_1 with V: 826626132
This is the content of lines_2 with V: 167772160
This is the content of lines_3 with V: 1090519040
[download]

When I tried to print the (N A long integer in network order) option I got this result:

This is the content of lines_0: 1339
This is the content of lines_1: 1414546737
This is the content of lines_2: 10
This is the content of lines_3: 65
[download]

The reason that I was using the (I An unsigned integer) characters is that on the official website description says:

http://id3.org/id3v2.4.0-structure

%x is used to indicate a bit with unknown content.

ID3v2 size 4 * %0xxxxxxx
[download]

The ID3v2 tag size is stored as a 32 bit synchsafe integer (section 6.
+2), making a total of 28 effective bits (representing up to 256MB).
[download]

[reply]
[d/l]
[select]