{"id":100,"date":"2020-12-20T22:42:38","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T22:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/byta.fm\/blog\/?p=100"},"modified":"2022-08-17T04:58:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T04:58:08","slug":"bytas-solution-to-metadata-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/byta.com\/blog\/byta101\/bytas-solution-to-metadata-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"WAV Goodbye? Byta\u2019s Solution To Our Metadata Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This post was originally going to be a \u201cmeditation on metadata\u201d until we remembered users don\u2019t want explanations, they want things to \u2018just work\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Byta users upload audio, the artist, track, album and artwork information is pulled directly from their files. From then on our users can be certain the information displayed on the screen is the same as embedded in their files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WAV goodbye?<\/strong> How Byta handles metadata<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Byta supports the reading &amp; writing of metadata for the following file formats:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>ALAC, AIFF, FLAC &amp; WAV aka &#8216;lossless&#8217;<\/li><li>MP3 &amp; AAC aka &#8216;lossy&#8217;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When uploading your audio files, Byta automatically generates an MP3 format file for streaming purposes on our site. Then we offer the senders an option as to what file format they would like their recipients to be able to download their files. 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