diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e677330..3820d9a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ set(TEST_SRC_FILES
 
 # meta data
 set(META_PROJECT_NAME tagparser)
+set(META_PROJECT_VARNAME TAG_PARSER)
 set(META_APP_NAME "Tag Parser")
 set(META_APP_AUTHOR "Martchus")
 set(META_APP_URL "https://github.com/${META_APP_AUTHOR}/${META_PROJECT_NAME}")
@@ -153,145 +154,17 @@ set(META_VERSION_MAJOR 5)
 set(META_VERSION_MINOR 0)
 set(META_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 
-# stringification of meta data
-set(META_PROJECT_NAME_STR "\"${META_PROJECT_NAME}\"")
-set(META_APP_NAME_STR "\"${META_APP_NAME}\"")
-set(META_APP_AUTHOR_STR "\"${META_APP_AUTHOR}\"")
-set(META_APP_URL_STR "\"${META_APP_URL}\"")
-set(META_APP_DESCRIPTION_STR "\"${META_APP_DESCRIPTION}\"")
-set(META_APP_VERSION ${META_VERSION_MAJOR}.${META_VERSION_MINOR}.${META_VERSION_PATCH})
-set(META_APP_VERSION_STR "\"${META_APP_VERSION}\"")
+# find c++utilities
+find_package(c++utilities REQUIRED)
+use_cpp_utilities()
 
-# define project
-project(${META_PROJECT_NAME})
+# find zlib
+find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
+include_directories(${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+list(APPEND LIBRARIES ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
 
-# add configuration header
-configure_file(
-    "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/config.h.in"
-    "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/resources/config.h"
-)
-include_directories("${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
-
-# add windows resource file
-if(MINGW)
-    # create windows rc file from template
-    set(WINDOWS_EXT "dll")
-    configure_file(
-        "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/windows.rc.in"
-        "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/resources/windows.rc"
-    )
-    # set windres as resource compiler
-    set(RES_FILES "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/resources/windows.rc")
-    set(CMAKE_RC_COMPILER_INIT windres)
-    set(CMAKE_RC_COMPILE_OBJECT "<CMAKE_RC_COMPILER> <FLAGS> -O coff <DEFINES> -i <SOURCE> -o <OBJECT>")
-    enable_language(RC)
-endif(MINGW)
-
-# remove library prefix when building with mingw-w64 (just for consistancy with qmake)
-if(MINGW)
-    set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX "")
-endif(MINGW)
-
-# disable new ABI (can't catch ios_base::failure with new ABI)
-add_definitions(
-    -D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0
-)
-
-# add check target
-if(NOT TARGET check)
-    set(CMAKE_CTEST_COMMAND ctest -V)
-    add_custom_target(check COMMAND ${CMAKE_CTEST_COMMAND})
-    enable_testing()
-endif()
-add_executable(${META_PROJECT_NAME}_tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ${TEST_HEADER_FILES} ${TEST_SRC_FILES})
-target_link_libraries(${META_PROJECT_NAME}_tests ${META_PROJECT_NAME} c++utilities cppunit)
-set_target_properties(${META_PROJECT_NAME}_tests PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 11)
-add_test(NAME ${META_PROJECT_NAME}_cppunit COMMAND ${META_PROJECT_NAME}_tests -p "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/testfiles")
-add_dependencies(check ${META_PROJECT_NAME}_tests)
-
-# executable and linking
-add_library(${META_PROJECT_NAME} SHARED ${HEADER_FILES} ${SRC_FILES} ${RES_FILES} ${WINDOWS_ICON_PATH})
-target_link_libraries(${META_PROJECT_NAME} c++utilities z)
-set_target_properties(${META_PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES
-    VERSION ${META_VERSION_MAJOR}.${META_VERSION_MINOR}.${META_VERSION_PATCH}
-    SOVERSION ${META_VERSION_MAJOR}
-    CXX_STANDARD 11
-)
-if(MINGW)
-    # enable static library when building with mingw-w64
-    add_library(${META_PROJECT_NAME}_static STATIC ${HEADER_FILES} ${SRC_FILES} ${RES_FILES} ${WINDOWS_ICON_PATH})
-    set_target_properties(${META_PROJECT_NAME}_static PROPERTIES
-        VERSION ${META_VERSION_MAJOR}.${META_VERSION_MINOR}.${META_VERSION_PATCH}
-        SOVERSION ${META_VERSION_MAJOR}
-        OUTPUT_NAME ${META_PROJECT_NAME}
-        CXX_STANDARD 11
-    )
-endif(MINGW)
-
-# add install target
-if(MINGW)
-    install(TARGETS ${META_PROJECT_NAME}_static
-        RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
-        COMPONENT binary
-        LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
-        COMPONENT binary
-        ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
-        COMPONENT binary
-    )
-endif(MINGW)
-install(TARGETS ${META_PROJECT_NAME}
-    RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
-    COMPONENT binary
-    LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
-    COMPONENT binary
-    ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
-    COMPONENT binary
-)
-foreach(HEADER_FILE ${HEADER_FILES})
-    get_filename_component(HEADER_DIR ${HEADER_FILE} DIRECTORY)
-    install(
-        FILES ${HEADER_FILE}
-        DESTINATION include/${META_PROJECT_NAME}/${HEADER_DIR}
-        COMPONENT header
-    )
-endforeach()
-if(NOT TARGET install-binary)
-    add_custom_target(install-binary
-        DEPENDS ${META_PROJECT_NAME}
-        COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT=binary -P "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_install.cmake"
-    )
-endif()
-if(NOT TARGET install-header)
-    add_custom_target(install-header
-        DEPENDS ${META_PROJECT_NAME}
-        COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT=header -P "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_install.cmake"
-    )
-endif()
-if(NOT TARGET install-mingw-w64)
-    add_custom_target(install-mingw-w64
-        DEPENDS install-binary install-header
-    )
-endif()
-if(NOT TARGET install-binary-strip)
-    add_custom_target(install-binary-strip
-        DEPENDS ${META_PROJECT_NAME}
-        COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_DO_STRIP=1 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_COMPONENT=binary -P "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_install.cmake"
-    )
-endif()
-if(NOT TARGET install-mingw-w64-importlib-strip)
-    add_custom_target(install-mingw-w64-importlib-strip
-        DEPENDS install-binary-strip
-        COMMAND "${CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH}/bin/strip" --strip-unneeded "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/lib${META_PROJECT_NAME}.dll.a"
-    )
-endif()
-if(NOT TARGET install-mingw-w64-staticlib-strip)
-    add_custom_target(install-mingw-w64-staticlib-strip
-        DEPENDS install-binary-strip
-        COMMAND "${CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH}/bin/strip" -g "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/lib${META_PROJECT_NAME}.a"
-    )
-endif()
-if(NOT TARGET install-mingw-w64-strip)
-    add_custom_target(install-mingw-w64-strip
-        DEPENDS install-binary-strip install-mingw-w64-importlib-strip install-mingw-w64-staticlib-strip install-header
-    )
-endif()
+# include modules to apply configuration
+include(BasicConfig)
+include(WindowsResources)
+include(LibraryTarget)
+include(TestTarget)
diff --git a/general.pri b/general.pri
deleted file mode 100644
index f417d7d..0000000
--- a/general.pri
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-# specify build directories for moc, object and rcc files
-MOC_DIR = ./moc
-OBJECTS_DIR = ./obj
-RCC_DIR = ./res
-
-# compiler flags: enable C++11
-QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -std=c++11
-QMAKE_LFLAGS += -std=c++11
-
-# disable new ABI (can't catch ios_base::failure with new ABI)
-DEFINES += _GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0
-
-# variables to check target architecture
-win32-g++:QMAKE_TARGET.arch = $$QMAKE_HOST.arch
-win32-g++-32:QMAKE_TARGET.arch = x86
-win32-g++-64:QMAKE_TARGET.arch = x86_64
-linux-g++:QMAKE_TARGET.arch = $$QMAKE_HOST.arch
-linux-g++-32:QMAKE_TARGET.arch = x86
-linux-g++-64:QMAKE_TARGET.arch = x86_64
-
-# determine and print target prefix
-targetprefix = $$(TARGET_PREFIX)
-message("Using target prefix \"$${targetprefix}\".")
-
-# print install root
-message("Using install root \"$$(INSTALL_ROOT)\".")
-
-# set target
-CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
-    TARGET = $${targetprefix}$${projectname}d
-} else {
-    TARGET = $${targetprefix}$${projectname}
-}
-
-# add defines for meta data
-DEFINES += "APP_METADATA_AVAIL"
-DEFINES += "'PROJECT_NAME=\"$${projectname}\"'"
-DEFINES += "'APP_NAME=\"$${appname}\"'"
-DEFINES += "'APP_AUTHOR=\"$${appauthor}\"'"
-DEFINES += "'APP_URL=\"$${appurl}\"'"
-DEFINES += "'APP_VERSION=\"$${VERSION}\"'"
-
-# configure Qt modules and defines
-mobile {
-    DEFINES += CONFIG_MOBILE
-} else:desktop {
-    DEFINES += CONFIG_DESKTOP
-} else:android {
-    CONFIG += mobile
-    DEFINES += CONFIG_MOBILE
-} else {
-    CONFIG += desktop
-    DEFINES += CONFIG_DESKTOP
-}
-no-gui {
-    QT -= gui
-    DEFINES += GUI_NONE
-    guiqtquick || guiqtwidgets {
-        error("Can not use no-gui with guiqtquick or guiqtwidgets.")
-    } else {
-        message("Configured for no GUI support.")
-    }
-} else {
-    QT += gui
-    mobile {
-        CONFIG += guiqtquick
-    }
-    desktop {
-        CONFIG += guiqtwidgets
-    }
-}
-guiqtquick {
-    message("Configured for Qt Quick GUI support.")
-    QT += quick
-    CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
-        CONFIG += qml_debug
-    }
-    DEFINES += GUI_QTQUICK
-}
-guiqtwidgets {
-    message("Configured for Qt widgets GUI support.")
-    QT += widgets
-    DEFINES += GUI_QTWIDGETS
-    DEFINES += MODEL_UNDO_SUPPORT
-}
-
-# configuration for cross compliation with mingw-w64
-win32 {
-    QMAKE_TARGET_PRODUCT = "$${appname}"
-    QMAKE_TARGET_COPYRIGHT = "by $${appauthor}"
-}
-mingw-w64-manualstrip-dll {
-    QMAKE_POST_LINK=$${CROSS_COMPILE}strip --strip-unneeded ./release/$(TARGET); \
-        $${CROSS_COMPILE}strip --strip-unneeded ./release/lib$(TARGET).a
-}
-mingw-w64-manualstrip-exe {
-    QMAKE_POST_LINK=$${CROSS_COMPILE}strip --strip-unneeded ./release/$(TARGET)
-}
-mingw-w64-noversion {
-    TARGET_EXT = ".dll"
-    TARGET_VERSION_EXT = ""
-    CONFIG += skip_target_version_ext
-}
diff --git a/resources/config.h.in b/resources/config.h.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f9ca46..0000000
--- a/resources/config.h.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef APP_METADATA_AVAIL
-#define APP_METADATA_AVAIL
-#define PROJECT_NAME @META_PROJECT_NAME_STR@
-#define APP_NAME @META_APP_NAME_STR@
-#define APP_VERSION @META_APP_VERSION_STR@
-#define APP_AUTHOR @META_APP_AUTHOR_STR@
-#define APP_URL @META_APP_URL_STR@
-#define APP_DESCRIPTION @META_APP_DESCRIPTION_STR@
-#endif // APP_METADATA_AVAIL
diff --git a/resources/windows.rc.in b/resources/windows.rc.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 82b5923..0000000
--- a/resources/windows.rc.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-# if defined(UNDER_CE)
-#  include <winbase.h>
-# else
-#  include <windows.h>
-# endif
-
-@WINDOWS_ICON_RC_ENTRY@
-
-VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
-    FILEVERSION @META_VERSION_MAJOR@,@META_VERSION_MINOR@,@META_VERSION_PATCH@,0
-    PRODUCTVERSION @META_VERSION_MAJOR@,@META_VERSION_MINOR@,@META_VERSION_PATCH@,0
-    FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
-#ifdef _DEBUG
-    FILEFLAGS VS_FF_DEBUG
-#else
-    FILEFLAGS 0x0L
-#endif
-    FILEOS VOS__WINDOWS32
-    FILETYPE VFT_DLL
-    FILESUBTYPE 0x0L
-    BEGIN
-        BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
-        BEGIN
-            BLOCK "040904b0"
-            BEGIN
-                VALUE "CompanyName", "@META_APP_AUTHOR@\0"
-                VALUE "FileDescription", "@META_APP_DESCRIPTION@\0"
-                VALUE "FileVersion", "@META_APP_VERSION@\0"
-                VALUE "LegalCopyright", "by @META_APP_AUTHOR@\0"
-                VALUE "OriginalFilename", "@META_PROJECT_NAME@.@WINDOWS_EXT@\0"
-                VALUE "ProductName", "@META_APP_NAME@\0"
-                VALUE "ProductVersion", "@META_APP_VERSION@\0"
-            END
-        END
-        BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
-        BEGIN
-            VALUE "Translation", 0x0409, 1200
-        END
-    END
-/* End of Version info */
diff --git a/tagparser.pro b/tagparser.pro
deleted file mode 100644
index 487d8f5..0000000
--- a/tagparser.pro
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,201 +0,0 @@
-# meta data
-projectname = tagparser
-appname = "Tag Parser"
-appauthor = Martchus
-appurl = "https://github.com/$${appauthor}/$${projectname}"
-QMAKE_TARGET_DESCRIPTION = "C++ library for reading and writing MP4 (iTunes), ID3, Vorbis and Matroska tags."
-VERSION = 5.0.0
-
-# include ../../common.pri when building as part of a subdirs project; otherwise include general.pri
-!include(../../common.pri) {
-    !include(./general.pri) {
-        error("Couldn't find the common.pri or the general.pri file!")
-    }
-}
-
-# basic configuration: shared library, no Qt
-TEMPLATE = lib
-CONFIG -= qt
-CONFIG += shared
-
-# add defines for configuration
-underconstruction {
-    DEFINES += UNDER_CONSTRUCTION
-}
-forcefullparsedefault {
-    DEFINES += FORCE_FULL_PARSE_DEFAULT
-}
-
-# add project files
-HEADERS += \
-    abstractcontainer.h \
-    abstracttrack.h \
-    aspectratio.h \
-    avc/avcinfo.h \
-    avc/avcconfiguration.h \
-    backuphelper.h \
-    basicfileinfo.h \
-    exceptions.h \
-    fieldbasedtag.h \
-    genericcontainer.h \
-    genericfileelement.h \
-    id3/id3genres.h \
-    id3/id3v1tag.h \
-    id3/id3v2frame.h \
-    id3/id3v2frameids.h \
-    id3/id3v2tag.h \
-    margin.h \
-    matroska/ebmlelement.h \
-    matroska/ebmlid.h \
-    matroska/matroskacontainer.h \
-    matroska/matroskaid.h \
-    matroska/matroskatag.h \
-    matroska/matroskatagfield.h \
-    matroska/matroskatagid.h \
-    matroska/matroskatrack.h \
-    matroska/matroskaseekinfo.h \
-    matroska/matroskacues.h \
-    matroskaid.h \
-    mediafileinfo.h \
-    mp4/mp4atom.h \
-    mp4/mp4container.h \
-    mp4/mp4ids.h \
-    mp4/mp4tag.h \
-    mp4/mp4tagfield.h \
-    mp4/mp4track.h \
-    mpegaudio/mpegaudioframe.h \
-    mpegaudio/mpegaudioframestream.h \
-    notification.h \
-    positioninset.h \
-    signature.h \
-    size.h \
-    statusprovider.h \
-    tag.h \
-    tagtarget.h \
-    tagvalue.h \
-    wav/waveaudiostream.h \
-    ogg/oggpage.h \
-    vorbis/vorbiscomment.h \
-    vorbis/vorbiscommentfield.h \
-    ogg/oggstream.h \
-    ogg/oggcontainer.h \
-    vorbis/vorbispackagetypes.h \
-    vorbis/vorbisidentificationheader.h \
-    opus/opusidentificationheader.h \
-    ogg/oggiterator.h \
-    vorbis/vorbiscommentids.h \
-    abstractchapter.h \
-    matroska/matroskaeditionentry.h \
-    matroska/matroskachapter.h \
-    localeawarestring.h \
-    abstractattachment.h \
-    matroska/matroskaattachment.h \
-    mediaformat.h \
-    generictagfield.h \
-    mp4/mpeg4descriptor.h \
-    avi/bitmapinfoheader.h \
-    adts/adtsframe.h \
-    adts/adtsstream.h \
-    caseinsensitivecomparer.h
-
-SOURCES += \
-    abstractcontainer.cpp \
-    abstracttrack.cpp \
-    aspectratio.cpp \
-    avc/avcinfo.cpp \
-    avc/avcconfiguration.cpp \
-    backuphelper.cpp \
-    basicfileinfo.cpp \
-    exceptions.cpp \
-    id3/id3genres.cpp \
-    id3/id3v1tag.cpp \
-    id3/id3v2frame.cpp \
-    id3/id3v2frameids.cpp \
-    id3/id3v2tag.cpp \
-    matroska/ebmlelement.cpp \
-    matroska/matroskacontainer.cpp \
-    matroska/matroskaid.cpp \
-    matroska/matroskatag.cpp \
-    matroska/matroskatagfield.cpp \
-    matroska/matroskatagid.cpp \
-    matroska/matroskatrack.cpp \
-    matroska/matroskaseekinfo.cpp \
-    matroska/matroskacues.cpp \
-    mediafileinfo.cpp \
-    mp4/mp4atom.cpp \
-    mp4/mp4container.cpp \
-    mp4/mp4ids.cpp \
-    mp4/mp4tag.cpp \
-    mp4/mp4tagfield.cpp \
-    mp4/mp4track.cpp \
-    mpegaudio/mpegaudioframe.cpp \
-    mpegaudio/mpegaudioframestream.cpp \
-    notification.cpp \
-    signature.cpp \
-    statusprovider.cpp \
-    tag.cpp \
-    tagtarget.cpp \
-    tagvalue.cpp \
-    wav/waveaudiostream.cpp \
-    ogg/oggpage.cpp \
-    vorbis/vorbiscomment.cpp \
-    vorbis/vorbiscommentfield.cpp \
-    ogg/oggstream.cpp \
-    ogg/oggcontainer.cpp \
-    vorbis/vorbisidentificationheader.cpp \
-    opus/opusidentificationheader.cpp \
-    ogg/oggiterator.cpp \
-    abstractchapter.cpp \
-    matroska/matroskaeditionentry.cpp \
-    matroska/matroskachapter.cpp \
-    abstractattachment.cpp \
-    matroska/matroskaattachment.cpp \
-    mediaformat.cpp \
-    mp4/mpeg4descriptor.cpp \
-    avi/bitmapinfoheader.cpp \
-    adts/adtsframe.cpp \
-    adts/adtsstream.cpp
-
-underconstruction {
-    HEADERS += \
-        aac/aacframe.h \
-        aac/aaccodebook.h
-
-    SOURCES += \
-        aac/aacframe.cpp \
-        aac/aaccodebook.cpp
-}
-
-OTHER_FILES += \
-    README.md \
-    LICENSE \
-    CMakeLists.txt \
-    resources/config.h.in \
-    resources/windows.rc.in
-
-# add libs
-CONFIG(debug, debug|release) {
-    LIBS += -lc++utilitiesd
-} else {
-    LIBS += -lc++utilities
-}
-LIBS += -lz
-
-# installs
-mingw-w64-install {
-    target.path = $$(INSTALL_ROOT)
-    target.extra = install -m755 -D $${OUT_PWD}/release/lib$(TARGET).a $$(INSTALL_ROOT)/lib/lib$(TARGET).a
-    INSTALLS += target
-    dlltarget.path = $$(INSTALL_ROOT)
-    dlltarget.extra = install -m755 -D $${OUT_PWD}/release/$(TARGET) $$(INSTALL_ROOT)/bin/$(TARGET)
-    INSTALLS += dlltarget
-} else {
-    target.path = $$(INSTALL_ROOT)/lib
-    INSTALLS += target
-}
-for(dir, $$list(./ avc adts id3 matroska mp4 mpegaudio ogg vorbis wav avi)) {
-    eval(inc_$${dir} = $${dir})
-    inc_$${dir}.path = $$(INSTALL_ROOT)/include/$$projectname/$${dir}
-    inc_$${dir}.files = $${dir}/*.h
-    INSTALLS += inc_$${dir}
-}