ID3V2 tags with iTunes

Hello,
I have a podcast with mp3. I added ID3V2 tags to it. However, when I view the podcast on iTunes the ID3V2 information does not automatically populate. Is there anything I need to do to see that information?
Thanks

Hello,
If you mean the info button, I did click that. However, the comments that I made on the ID3V2 are not visible.

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Hi All!
Someone knows how can i change, modify or edit the mp3 tag with iTunes 6? Is it possible?
If it isn't possible, do you know some plug-in for iTunes (or external program) that allow me to change mp3 tag of a file(s)?
tnx a lot

right-click on the entry in iTunes and select "Get Info". The "Summary" tab tells you a little about the file, while the other tabs (Info, Options, etc.) let you edit ID3 tags supported and used by iTunes.

How To Permanently Change ID3 Tags With iTunes

Okay, so here's the deal. I've seen this question in several places, but I can't find a working answer, so I decided to give it a shot.
My goal: change ID3 tag info with my song collection in iTunes so that my changes stick permanently.
Now let me explain. I am picky about what info I want for a song. Anytime I add a song to my collection, I am specific about what info I want to keep and what I want to get rid of. What I keep: Song title, Artist info, album info and genre. I get rid of everything else, like track/disc number, year, comments, and etc.
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As to the issue with comments, are these general things or strings of digits like this? 00000000 00000210 00000770 0000000000103000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000. I've a feeling that patterns of digits such as these are in some way connected to gapless playback and are supposed to be hidden from view, but that may be wild speculation. Again it is even possible that WMP rather than iTunes creates them.
One way that might work is, having edited tracks to the values you want, use the option Convert id3 tags > None a few times, then Convert id3 tags > v2.3.
While I'm all for people having things the way they want them I really can't see how your library could be improved by not having track, disc, or year values. Without disc and track numbers albums will play out of sequence. Why not just turn off the columns that hold no interest for you?
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First - I couldn't find any form for a bug report on this site, so I'm using this forum. If it is wrong please feel free to redirect me to correct place.
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--ss

I should have been said that I'm using iTunes for windows.
And this link http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunes.html leads to the "Request Music" page.
I know that "plaintext" is not an encoding(the real encoding of my m3u is win1251), I've just tried to say that winamp's playlist is not in unicode.
Okay, unicode is great. But why it converted only song's title, but not artist or album name?
I still would like to hear answers to my questions:
1. why iTunes skipped a lot of mp3's when I've tried to add a whole directory with it's subdirectories?
2. why it converts only song's name and not the reset?
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This is for any of the Apple team. I discovered a pretty bad ID3V2 bug in iTunes for Windows, 6.0.4.2.
It has to do with the way the frame data length is encoded, or rather, in this case, not encoded. The result is that any tag data>127 bytes in length will likely break the entire tag.
The length of the data for a 2.4 version tag is the first 4 bytes after the ID field(TPE1, TIT1, etc). These bytes are syncsafe, meaning that the highest bit is always 0. So each byte actually encodes 7 bits. I had a frame that was 467 bytes in length. Its length was stored as "0x01d3". That equals 467. But it is supposed to be sync-safed, so it should actually be 0x0363. As a result, 0x01d3 actually decodes to only 211 bytes. When a tag parser jumps 211 to what should be the next tag, t'aint nothing there! So all subsequent frames are then lost.
This can get pretty nasty on Unicode tags which can then only store 64 characters before it breaks things.
iTunes and presumably the iPod and any other Apple supplied tools will probably read that data correctly as I am assuming they use a common library. But...it will break any third party tools. Not good.
Mac Mini Windows XP Pro

This is quite possibly the most annoying iTunes/iPod bug, and it's still kicking around in the latest iTunes version.
Note that all ID3v2 frames found in the tag prior to a frame with length greater than 127 bytes are read just fine. Once iTunes hits the syncsafe integer it gets lost.
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Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (Build 2600)
ECS G31T-M7
iTunes 10.5.2.11
QuickTime 7.6.9
FairPlay 1.13.37
Apple Application Support 2.1.6
iPod Updater Library 10.0d2
CD Driver 2.2.0.1
CD Driver DLL 2.1.1.1
Apple Mobile Device 4.0.0.97
Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.57.0.0
Bonjour 3.0.0.10 (333.10)
Gracenote SDK 1.9.5.502
Gracenote MusicID 1.9.5.115
Gracenote Submit 1.9.5.143
Gracenote DSP 1.9.5.45
iTunes Serial Number 0012ABAC07F3CCB0
Current user is an administrator.
The current local date and time is 2011-12-31 14:06:21.
iTunes is not running in safe mode.
WebKit accelerated compositing is enabled.
HDCP is not supported.
Core Media is not supported. (16005)
Video Display Information
Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family
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Subnet Mask:          255.255.255.0
Default Gateway:    192.168.1.1
DHCP Enabled:      Yes
DHCP Server:         192.168.1.1
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DNS Servers:         192.168.1.1
Active Connection: LAN Connection
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Online:                    Yes
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Using LAN:             Yes
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TLS 1.0 Support:     Enabled
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Connection attempt to iPhone activation server was unsuccessful.
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Connection attempt to Gracenote server was successful.
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iTunesHelper 10.5.2.11 is currently running.
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Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CB. Device is working properly.
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rawkiss’s iPhone, iPhone 3G running firmware version 4.0
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I have emptied my itunes library before I did all this, and after changing the ID3 tags I added the different albums back to itunes.
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If you look at the feed, and look at the entry 'The end to an exciting field season in Aulavik National Park' you will see the line:
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