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+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <vector>
+
+/**
+ * very basic ID3v2 reader
+ * https://id3.org/id3v2.3.0#ID3v2_overview
+ */
+template <typename File> class ID3v2 {
+
+	/** 4 byte size, used to correct endianness */
+	struct Size {
+		uint8_t raw[4];
+		operator uint32_t () const {return raw[3]<<0 | raw[2]<<8 | raw[1]<<16 | raw[0]<<24;}
+	};
+
+	/** ID3 header at the start of the file (if present) */
+	struct Header {
+		char ID3[3];			// "ID3" if present
+		uint16_t version;
+		uint8_t flags;
+		uint8_t sizeBits[4];	// size of content, 4 bytes, the MSB of every byte is 0 -> 28 bits used
+		uint32_t size() const {return sizeBits[0]<<21 | sizeBits[1]<<14 | sizeBits[2]<<7 | sizeBits[3]<<0;}
+	} __attribute__((packed));
+
+	/** header for every frame within the ID3 data */
+	struct Frame {
+		char name[4];			// tag name (e.g. TALB, APIC, ...)
+		Size size;				// size of content
+		uint16_t flags;
+		bool operator == (const char* needle) const {return memcmp(name, needle, 4) == 0;}
+		bool isPadding() const {return name[0] == 0x00 && size == 0;}
+	} __attribute__((packed));
+
+	File& f;
+
+public:
+
+	/** ctor, define whether to read contained images */
+	ID3v2(File& f, bool includeImages) : f(f) {
+		read(includeImages);
+	}
+
+	/** parsed data */
+	struct Data {
+		std::string album;
+		std::string artist;
+		std::string title;
+		std::string year;
+		std::vector<uint8_t> image;
+	} data;
+
+private:
+
+	bool read(bool includeImages) {
+
+		// start at beginning of file
+		seekTo(0);
+
+		// 10 byte ID3 header, file starts with "ID3" ?
+		Header head;
+		read(head);
+		if (memcmp(head.ID3, "ID3", 3) != 0) {return false;}
+		std::cout << head.size() << std::endl;
+
+		// read all tags
+		while(curPos() < head.size()) {
+
+			Frame frm;
+			read(frm);
+			uint32_t startOfData = curPos();
+
+			std::cout << frm.name << ":" << frm.size << std::endl;
+
+			if (frm.isPadding()) {
+				break;	// only (empty) padding blocks will follow -> stop
+			} else if (frm == "TALB") {
+				data.album = readString(frm.size);
+			} else if (frm == "TPE1") {
+				data.artist = readString(frm.size);
+			} else if (frm == "TIT2") {
+				data.title = readString(frm.size);
+			} else if (frm == "TYER") {
+				data.year = readString(frm.size);
+			} else if (frm == "APIC" && includeImages) {
+				data.image = readImage(frm.size);
+			}
+
+			// ensure we are positioned after the frame
+			seekTo(startOfData + frm.size);
+
+		}
+
+		return true;
+
+	}
+
+private:
+
+	/** read a string with the given length, also corrects encoding */
+	std::string readString(uint32_t size) {
+
+		// read no more than 120 chars
+		uint8_t buf[128];
+		size = std::min(120u, size);
+		f.read(size, buf);
+
+
+
+	}
+
+	/** read X bytes into a vector */
+	std::vector<uint8_t> readVector(const uint32_t size) {
+		std::vector<uint8_t> res;
+		res.resize(size);
+		read(size, res.data());
+		return res;
+	}
+
+	/** read an image (is preceeded by mime type and description) */
+	std::vector<uint8_t> readImage(const uint32_t size) {
+		std::vector<uint8_t> tmp = readVector(size);
+
+		return tmp;
+	}
+
+
+
+private:
+
+//	class StringWrapper {
+
+//		const uint8_t* src;
+//		const uint32_t len;
+
+//	public:
+
+//		StringWrapper(const uint8_t* src, const uint8_t len) : src(src), len(len) {}
+
+//		StringWrapper(const std::vector<uint8_t>& vec, uint32_t offset = 0) : src(vec.data()+offset), len(vec.size()-offset) {}
+
+//		std::string get(uint32_t& outPos) const {
+
+//			// encoding?
+//			if (src[0] == 0x00) {			// ISO8859-15
+//				return std::string((const char*) &buf[1]);
+
+//			} else if (buf[0] == 0x01) {	// 16(!) bit unicode, starts with {0x01 0xFF 0xF4}
+//				uint32_t pos = 0;
+//				for (uint32_t i = 3; i < size; i += 2) {
+//					buf[pos] = buf[i];
+//					++pos;
+//				}
+//				buf[pos] = 0;
+//				return std::string((const char*)buf);
+
+//			} else {
+//				return "ENCODING?";
+
+//			}
+
+//		}
+
+//		/** determine the length of the string */
+//		uint32_t len() const {
+
+//			if (src[0] == 0x00) {			// ISO8859-15
+
+
+//			} else if (buf[0] == 0x01) {	// 16(!) bit unicode, starts with {0x01 0xFF 0xF4}
+//				uint32_t pos = 0;
+//				for (uint32_t i = 3; i < size; i += 2) {
+//					buf[pos] = buf[i];
+//					++pos;
+//				}
+//				buf[pos] = 0;
+//				return std::string((const char*)buf);
+
+//			} else {
+
+//		}
+
+//	};
+
+	/** current position within the file */
+	uint32_t curPos() {
+		return f.curPos();
+	}
+
+	/** seek to a new position within the file */
+	void seekTo(uint32_t pos) {
+		f.seekTo(pos);
+	}
+
+	template <typename T> void read(T& dst) {
+		read(sizeof(T), (uint8_t*) &dst);
+	}
+
+	void read(uint32_t size, uint8_t* dst) {
+		f.read(size, dst);
+	}
+
+
+};