Charles Veasey wrote
| Thanks for the iXML link Paul. I looked at Sound Devices implementation;
| it is geared for video/film production.
Yes indeed, Btw I come from this background & I think understand it well,
tho I think appreciate the needs of "nature recordists" too, an old Pro & a
nature recordist newbe in a way.
IMO a + & - of iXML like any XML is that is is "Extensible", IE you can
write whatever you like, which is fine in a way but means initially you
can't assume anyone other than yourself can read what is written.
However (or conversly) any data chunks that are not understandable by a
given peice of software, will be ignored IE they won't compromise what is
understandable by it.
Now what bext/iXML is understood by current DAW's is VERY limited, AFAIK
nothing in iXML that is not also in bext (aka the Broadcast Wave Format).
So for BWF (aka bext) for Film/Tv post
1) the most vital feature is the timestamp, the moment within a 24Hr period
a recording starts.
Many but for sure not all DAW's support this.
2) There is a well established (informal) use of the bext "Description
Field" [which has a max of 255 ASCII char] to store a lot of info useful to
Film/TV production, but about the only thing that is not already part of the
RIFF info basic to a WAV file which is useful for Nature Recording Archive
purposes is :- what is on each track of a multitrack recording.
{i'm writting of what what is "read" by current DAW's within the limits of
255 char, you are free to write whatever you like.}
iXML has the potential to store way beyond 255 alpha-numeric characters but
in terms of what any known DAW can read, has only added some useful Film/TV
stuff like what "take" should be printed or is considered good.
| Soundminer looks interesting, but it is also very expensive. Also, from
| looking at the screenshot the metadata options seem to be from pull down
| options, and it is not clear to me what those options are, or if they
| are customisable.
No they are not, it is very "focused or limited" on the idea of the
description field describing the contents of an FX recording, + some ancient
ideas of these FX having come from a CD with it's 99 "tracks" & 9
indexes/track.
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| I haven't been able to figure out how to edit metadata on Wave Editor.
Do you mean Sound Developments Wave Agent, if so it is really rather dam
good I think, good, tho inevitably Film/TV focused.
IMO Widget Pro is a bit better.
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| Sound Forge 10 (my favorite editor) has introduced extensive Metadating
| editing capabilities with similar categories to SD.
I beg to disagree, IMO it is way less capabable than SD wave Agent, but IMO
the best there is on current File based Recorders serves the needs of Film &
TV quite well, but unfortunatly most DAW's and NLE's are WAY behind what is
in the audio files delivered to them!
To put this a different way, the latest gear/tools used by people recording
sound for Film or TV have great metadata capabilities but they are are
working in a predominatly "visual medium" that doesn't give a sh** about
sound.
John L
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