Acoustica 7 creates mp3 files which fail to play in car radio

[JeremyPLS]

I've been putting my songs in mp3 form onto a USB stick to plug into the radio fitted to my 2015 Honda Jazz. A quick internet search reveals that car radios are very finicky about file formats - particularly Hondas.
MP3s created by Acoustica just lock the radio!
Using the program MP3 Diags the files show the error:
" ID3V2tag contains no frames, which is invalid."
Fixing this using MP3 Diags corrected the problem, and the files now play.
Details: I started with wav files 24 bit 44.100 kHz, created by Cubase 12. Opened in Acoustica and saved as 320 kbps or 256 kbps, variable or fixed.
Jeremy

[Tj Shredder]

A friend of mine had a similar problem, that they didn't play on the phone. Maybe add more options for CBR, as 320 is overkill... (I suspect some players might not deal well with VBR...)

[whyterabbyt]

You'll need a new car.

[Gades]

Yes, I think it's something weird with mp3 files from Acoustica. I use (as a developer) some library to read mp3 tags, and I cannot read tags from Acoustica's mp3 (it's something about structures length I suppose). Maybe this is the same reason in the car's player?
However, foobar2000 reads these tags correctly...

[stian]

I've been putting my songs in mp3 form onto a USB stick to plug into the radio fitted to my 2015 Honda Jazz. A quick internet search reveals that car radios are very finicky about file formats - particularly Hondas.
MP3s created by Acoustica just lock the radio!
Using the program MP3 Diags the files show the error:
" ID3V2tag contains no frames, which is invalid."
Fixing this using MP3 Diags corrected the problem, and the files now play.
Details: I started with wav files 24 bit 44.100 kHz, created by Cubase 12. Opened in Acoustica and saved as 320 kbps or 256 kbps, variable or fixed.
Jeremy

Thanks for reporting this! I checked the code, and Acoustica writes the ID3V2 tag even if there's no meta data, and apparently, the standard doesn't allow that. Sounds very picky to me, but we'll add a check if there are actually meta data frames that needs to be written before writing the ID3V2 tag header.