MP3 with ID3 Tags and Cover Art
An MP3 with deterministic ID3v2.3 text frames and embedded PNG cover art wrapped around unchanged MPEG audio frames.
Specifications
- Metadata
- ID3v2.3 title, artist, album, year, comment, PNG cover
- Audio Frame Sha256
- 7cf6bbe479a7928a0734dc10191a5788fd604ced3a0d2fe54fdd3596390a4650
- Twin
- full
Testing contract
Expected to pass- Scenario
- Extract metadata from the full MP3 and compare its underlying content with the stripped control.
- Expected result
- Read ID3v2.3 title, artist, album, year, comment, PNG cover; compute audioFrame SHA-256 7cf6bbe479a7928a0734dc10191a5788fd604ced3a0d2fe54fdd3596390a4650, matching the stripped twin.
What is a .mp3 file?
MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer III) is a lossy audio format using perceptual coding to discard inaudible detail at a chosen bitrate. It is extremely widely supported and commonly carries ID3 metadata tags for title, artist, and cover art. It remains a default for music distribution and playback.
How to use this file
Use an example MP3 to test audio decoders, ID3 tag parsing, bitrate and VBR handling, and transcoding or streaming pipelines.
How to use this file for testing
“MP3 with ID3 Tags and Cover Art” is a deterministic Novus Examples fixture for Metadata testing, Conversion testing. Images, audio, video, and documents with documented metadata paired with deliberately stripped versions, for verifying extraction, preservation, redaction, and privacy-scrubbing behavior.
Documented properties for this file: MP3 · 36,320 bytes. Compare results against paired or grouped companions on this page when present (clean↔damaged, searchable↔scanned, or format twins) so scores stay reproducible across runs.
Download the file once, keep the path stable in CI or local scripts, and treat the spec table as the contract: dimensions, seeds, field lists, and roles are intentional. Corrupt or invalid samples are labelled as such — expect parsers to fail loudly rather than silently accept them.
Media fixtures are short and synthetic by design. Prefer waveform or transcript ground truth in the same group when measuring ASR, trim, upscale, or sync tools; do not assume broadcast-quality masters.
Code examples
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