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Re: Embedding text into wave files

Subject: Re: Embedding text into wave files
From: "Rich Peet" <>
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 13:29:10 -0000
> 
> As I've noted in the past, using this system carries the risk it 
won't 
> be supported in the future. It's fine to use it, but be sure and 
have 
> all the data somewhere else, which is probably going to mean typing 
it 
> in at least twice. If you burn that aiff or wave file onto a audio 
CD, 
> it all goes away. You have to keep it in the original format, and 
hope 
> that your future software will read it.
> 

...

> I view it more like we have moved away from this sort of thing. 
Only old 
> timers even know it existed. I try to move away from things that 
don't 
> look like they will be around. I'll leave it to Marty to try and 
drag 
> computers back to what he's used to. Atari has been scarce for a 
very 
> long time. And computers and OS's have evolved considerably since 
then. 
> And I'd like to see them evolve a lot more, they still carry way 
too 
> much user unfriendly baggage from that past.
> 
> Walt
> 

Riff makes a lot more sense than a paper card index for keeping track 
of documentation of sound segments.  Simply because it becomes part 
of the sound you are keeping track of.

I use Riff for documentation of sound segments. I am very sure 
that .wav will always support riff.  I wish that there was a database 
program that was based on riff written for audio libraries. With the 
advance of all these music playing software programs you would think 
that someone would figure out how to data base to both riff and tags.

Rich Peet



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