Hi all,
I'll like a lot to have a recorder able to log all possible
info about the recording... at present, when I record on a laptop or
on a tablet (very soon I'll test a Samsung Q1 for field recording) I
use my own software that logs date, time, gps position (if a gps is
connected) and technical info I set at the beginning of the
recording. For maximum safety I embed in the filename as much
information I can, including sample rate, bit depth and number of
channels. This is useful in case something goes wrong and the header
results corrupted. With all that data in a filename (that can be
corrupted too) and in a txt logfile, I normally can restore the
corrupted files (if it happens...). Moreover, all that info in the
filename helps a lot when I browse through thousands of files, or
when I give a copy to someone.
Gianni
At 06.32 07/05/2007, you wrote:
>Walt, you wrote,
>
> >The majority have no or little scientific value. The detailed habitat
> >and site documentation is not there. Often there is no precise location,
> >no weather data and so on. For bioacoustics, the equipment is unreliably
> >calibrated if it's calibrated at all. There is no detailed protocol
> >statement. That does not make them of no value, just seriously wounds
> >any scientific value. It especially makes elaborate analysis of the
> >sonograms and so on of poor value. Unpublishable, the pros can't use it.
>
>I'm painfully aware that much of that applies to my efforts. I think
>the only solution will be to make the collection of most of that data
>automatic. Again, if the lowly .jpg carries with it the camera and
>exposure data, why not the lowly .wav carrying mic id, recorder type
>and settings, location and time...with an easy way to note additional
>stuff while recording.
>
>-Dan Dugan
>
>
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