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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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