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Add more id3 v2.4 support details. #65

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Add more id3 v2.4 support details.
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**ID3v2 version**

Although ID3v2.4 is the latest version, its support in music players is still lacking. While some software has
no problem using version 2.4 tags, others may not be able to read the tags and display the information. Support
for ID3v2.4 in other media players (such as smartphones) is variable.
Although ID3v2.4 is the latest version, its support in music players and file explorers is still lacking.
While some software has no problem using version 2.4 tags,
others may not be able to read the tags and display the information.
Support for ID3v2.4 in other media players (such as smartphones) is variable.

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Other than native support for multi-valued tags in v2.4, the :doc:`Picard Tag Mapping <../technical/tag_mapping_pdf>`
section will show you what you lose when choosing v2.3 instead of v2.4.


Windows 10 Creators Update v1703 onwards is supposed to support the reading and display of ID3 v2.4 tags in Windows Explorer,
though this has not been verified.
In earlier versions of Windows, support in Windows Explorer can be added using
:doc:`SoftPointer AudioShell 2 <http://www.softpointer.com/AudioShellAndWindows8.htm>`.
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Shouldn't we better link to https://www.softpointer.com/AudioShell.htm instead? This gives an overview over what this thing is, which I think makes it easier for the user to decide if they want this or not.

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Shouldn't we better link to https://www.softpointer.com/AudioShell.htm instead? This gives an overview over what this thing is, which I think makes it easier for the user to decide if they want this or not.

Yes - we definitely should. My mistake.


**ID3v2 text encoding**

The default for version 2.4 is UTF-8, the default for version 2.3 is UTF-16. Use ISO-8859-1 only if you face
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