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Tagging with flac & id3v2 tags ?

Are there any cases where media players will play .flac files but dont correctly show ogg/flac tags?

If so would it be best to tag using both flac and id3v2 tags?

sorry if this sounds like a dumb question but I am finally running into some walls because of using flac and am trying to prepare for the future.
 

Tagging with flac & id3v2 tags ?

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From the FLAC FAQ:
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What kinds of tags does FLAC support?

FLAC has it's own native tagging system which is identical to that of Vorbis. They are called alternately "FLAC tags" and "Vorbis comments". It is the only tagging system required and guaranteed to be supported by FLAC implementations.

Out of convenience, some plugins and implementations allow and also read other kinds of tags. For example, the official FLAC Winamp and XMMS plugins can also read ID3 v1 and v2 tags in addition to FLAC tags. The reference decoder knows how to skip ID3 tags so that they don't interfere with decoding. But you should not expect any tags beside FLAC tags to be supported in all applications; some implementations may not even be able to decode a FLAC file with ID3 tags.


Edit: I'd not add ID3v2 tags to FLAC files.

Best regards,
~ Florian