Contains number, length and attributes of all tag items
Header and Footer are different in 1 bit in the Tags Flags to distinguish between them.
Member of APE Tag 2.0
Preample | 64 bit | { 'A', 'P', 'E', 'T', 'A', 'G', 'E', 'X' } |
Version Number, Bits 0... 7 Version Number, Bits 8...15 Version Number, Bits 16...23 Version Number, Bits 24...31 | 32 bit | 1000 = Version 1.000 (old) 2000 = Version 2.000 (new) |
Tag Size, Bits 0... 7 Tag Size, Bits 8...15 Tag Size, Bits 16...23 Tag Size, Bits 24...31 | 32 bit | Tag size in bytes including footer and all tag items excluding the header to be as compatible as possible with APE Tags 1.000 |
Item Count, Bits 0... 7 Item Count, Bits 8...15 Item Count, Bits 16...23 Item Count, Bits 24...31 | 32 bit | Number of items in the Tag (n) |
Tags Flags, Bits 0... 7 Tags Flags, Bits 8...15 Tags Flags, Bits 16...23 Tags Flags, Bits 24...31 | 32 bit | Global flags of all items (there still exist also private flags for every item) |
Reserved | 64 bit | Must be zero |