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Re: Re: Mac OS "spotlight" indexes metadata

Subject: Re: Re: Mac OS "spotlight" indexes metadata
From: Lang Elliott <>
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 16:45:30 -0400
Oryoki:

You are aware of Soundminer software, aren't you? If not, check it out at
www.soundminer.com. Soundminer is very up on BWF metadata, allowing you both
to access and enter information into the field.

If you can fit all your information in the BWF field, which I believe is
limited to around 225-250 characters, then this software is very nifty
indeed. I was able to test-run it. My main complaint was that they had not
yet implemented a high quality sample rate conversion, but I understand they
are working on it.

Of course, it would certainly be great if one could access the same metadata
from Spotlight. ll

Lang

Well, phooey, the three audio file metadata formats Spotlight supports
today are MP3, AAC (aka MP4) and MOV. Read about it here:

http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/spotlighttech.html

The page does mention that developer tools will be available to help
applications with proprietary file formats to become accessible to
Spotlight.  

Anyone know of an entry point to Apple for suggesting they include BWF
in Spotlight?  

--oryoki



"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg 


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