The metadata resides in the file after you embed it.
Martyn
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On Apr 22, 2010, at 10:52 AM, "Wil Hershberger" <=
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> wrote:
> Fascinating. I was under the impression that Soundminer edited the
> file
> header so that the new metadata was part of the file. That is not
> good. So,
> if I am understanding you, the added metadata resides outside the
> wav file
> somewhere (XMP or something)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wil Hershberger
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> From:
> On Behalf Of Dan Dugan
> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 1:42 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] from metadata to archiving
>
> Wil Hershberger wrote:
>
> > I would have to say that having the data about the recording IN the
> metadata
> > of the file itself is very important. If the link is broken
> between the
> file
> > and the xml file (or whatever external file) then all is lost. If
> all the
> > data is in the metadata of the actual wav file then it can't get
> lost.
> There
> > should be a way to batch edit this metadata and have and external
> > application that can read the same metadata into a database.
> Results in
> the
> > best of both worlds, all the data is safe in the wav file and
> there is an
> > external database of all the data for quick searching.
>
> This is what I want. I put out the bucks for Soundminer, but I'm still
> reluctant to commit to it because though it -can- write data back to
> the
> file header, it doesn't do that automatically. Data which isn't part
> of the
> file will likely be lost after the recordist retires. In the file,
> it has a
> chance.
>
>
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