def get(cls, filename, tags=True, duration=True, image=False):
        parser_class = None
        size = os.path.getsize(filename)
        if not size > 0:
            return TinyTag(None, 0)
        if cls == TinyTag:  # if `get` is invoked on TinyTag, find parser by ext
            parser_class = cls._get_parser_for_filename(filename, exception=True)
        else:  # otherwise use the class on which `get` was invoked
            parser_class = cls
        with io.open(filename, 'rb') as af:
            tag = parser_class(af, size)
            tag.load(tags=tags, duration=duration, image=image)
            return tag