reading meta data on audio file

[s2day 0]

hi,

i am trying to obtain certain metadata from remote audio files..wondering if there is a way for php to parse that data.. for example, if a user types in a url, [a href=\"http://www.somesite.com/audio/cool.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"]http://www.somesite.com/audio/cool.mp3[/a], then i would like to be able to grab info pertaining to the duration of the audio and any other included info such as artist name, etc.

thank you.

[flash gordon 0]

Hi,

I'm looking for the kind of the same thing. I am wondering if php can read metadata inserted into an mp3 from iTunes. I have checked out http://getid3.sourceforge.net/ but that thing is huge and I don't understand it. A simple, yes or no would save me hours of reading something I don't really understand.