diff -r 71e347f905f2 -r 4a7fac7dd34a gst_plugins_base/gst-libs/gst/tag/gstid3tag.c
--- a/gst_plugins_base/gst-libs/gst/tag/gstid3tag.c	Fri Mar 19 09:35:09 2010 +0200
+++ b/gst_plugins_base/gst-libs/gst/tag/gstid3tag.c	Fri Apr 16 15:15:52 2010 +0300
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@
     gst_tag_list_add (list, GST_TAG_MERGE_REPLACE, GST_TAG_DATE, date, NULL);
     g_date_free (date);
   }
-  if (data[125] == 0) {
+  if (data[125] == 0 && data[126] != 0) {
     gst_tag_extract_id3v1_string (list, GST_TAG_COMMENT, (gchar *) & data[97],
         28);
     gst_tag_list_add (list, GST_TAG_MERGE_REPLACE, GST_TAG_TRACK_NUMBER,
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@
     gst_tag_extract_id3v1_string (list, GST_TAG_COMMENT, (gchar *) & data[97],
         30);
   }
-  if (data[127] < gst_tag_id3_genre_count ()) {
+  if (data[127] < gst_tag_id3_genre_count () && !gst_tag_list_is_empty (list)) {
     gst_tag_list_add (list, GST_TAG_MERGE_REPLACE, GST_TAG_GENRE,
         gst_tag_id3_genre_get (data[127]), NULL);
   }
@@ -452,3 +452,62 @@
     return NULL;
   return genres[id];
 }
+
+/**
+ * gst_tag_list_add_id3_image:
+ * @tag_list: a tag list
+ * @image_data: the (encoded) image
+ * @image_data_len: the length of the encoded image data at @image_data
+ * @id3_picture_type: picture type as per the ID3 (v2.4.0) specification for
+ *    the APIC frame (0 = unknown/other)
+ *
+ * Adds an image from an ID3 APIC frame (or similar, such as used in FLAC)
+ * to the given tag list. Also see gst_tag_image_data_to_image_buffer() for
+ * more information on image tags in GStreamer.
+ *
+ * Returns: %TRUE if the image was processed, otherwise %FALSE
+ *
+ * Since: 0.10.20
+ */
+#ifdef __SYMBIAN32__
+EXPORT_C
+#endif
+
+gboolean
+gst_tag_list_add_id3_image (GstTagList * tag_list, const guint8 * image_data,
+    guint image_data_len, guint id3_picture_type)
+{
+  GstTagImageType tag_image_type;
+  const gchar *tag_name;
+  GstBuffer *image;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_TAG_LIST (tag_list), FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (image_data != NULL, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (image_data_len > 0, FALSE);
+
+  if (id3_picture_type == 0x01 || id3_picture_type == 0x02) {
+    /* file icon for preview. Don't add image-type to caps, since there
+     * is only supposed to be one of these, and the type is already indicated
+     * via the special tag */
+    tag_name = GST_TAG_PREVIEW_IMAGE;
+    tag_image_type = GST_TAG_IMAGE_TYPE_NONE;
+  } else {
+    tag_name = GST_TAG_IMAGE;
+
+    /* Remap the ID3v2 APIC type our ImageType enum */
+    if (id3_picture_type >= 0x3 && id3_picture_type <= 0x14)
+      tag_image_type = (GstTagImageType) (id3_picture_type - 2);
+    else
+      tag_image_type = GST_TAG_IMAGE_TYPE_UNDEFINED;
+  }
+
+  image = gst_tag_image_data_to_image_buffer (image_data, image_data_len,
+      tag_image_type);
+
+  if (image == NULL)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  gst_tag_list_add (tag_list, GST_TAG_MERGE_APPEND, tag_name, image, NULL);
+  gst_buffer_unref (image);
+  return TRUE;
+}