>From where I sit, BWAV is definitely becoming the standard in the pro
world. (it's about time! The industry is always lagging the users
by years) Fancy field recorders like DEVA and HHB write timecode and
scene/take data to soundfiles using BWAV standards, for instance.
Digidesign has embraced it in Pro Tools (version 6 and up, OSX only).
I'd like to find a lightweight, scriptable app which can read and
write BWAV metadata, controlled by a database. Soundminer I'm sure
does a great job, but I'm looking for something simpler and smaller.
If anyone's interested, I'll post ProTools BWAV files for comparison.
Why does this stuff geek me out? Sometimes I think it's just a
matter of getting computers to do what you thought they always should.
-jeremiah
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lang Elliott
>Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 2:09 PM
>To: Wil Hershberger
>Subject: Re: bwav
>
>
>Attached is a very short BWAV file. Open it in a text editor and you
>should
>see the header information, desgnating the BEXT chunk.
>
>Please someone open it in Audition to see if the metadata is readable.
>
>Here again is the BEXT chunk header information that is embedded in this
>file:
>
>RIFF=DA| WAVEbextV Dawn Chorus SASS, w/ cicada, Red-shouldered Hawk,
>Tufted Titmouse, Northern Cardinal, White-eyed Vireo, American Crow,
>5/17/94, Loop Rd., Big Cypress Preserve, FL, TED 219/94 (2:10-19:59).
>
>Also, I would appreciate it if someone who owns Audition choose a small
>audio file and embed some information in the metadata section,
>especially if
>the software defines the BEXT chunk (it probably doesn't). Then send it
>to
>me via e-mail. While I will probably not be able to read the metadata in
>my
>sound editing software (if it's not BEXT chunk metadata), it should be
>visible if I open the file in a simple text editor.
>
>The fact that such data can be read by a text editor further
>demonstrates
>how metadata can be bulletproof. In other words, one can discover the
>origin
>of a BWAV soundfile, in the absence of having the right audio editing
>software. Just open it in a text editor and read the header!
>
>For Macs, there is a piece of software called BWAV Reader that allows
>one to
>see the metadata, but it does not allow editing of that data. You can
>download it here:
>
>http://homepage.mac.com/zra/quesosoft/
>
>
>Lang
>
>
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>
>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
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