Just to confirm the Soundminer metadata DOES reside in the file. I have ass=
urances from Justin at Soundminer, you just right click and choose embed.
Martyn
Martyn Stewart
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On Apr 22, 2010, at 11:28 AM, Martyn Stewart <> wrote:
> The metadata resides in the file after you embed it.
>
> Martyn
>
> Martyn Stewart
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> Please excuse any spelling mistakes on this tiny keyboard.
>
> www.naturesound.org
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> On Apr 22, 2010, at 10:52 AM, "Wil Hershberger" <=
s.com
> > 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
> > <http://www.natureimagesandsounds.com/> Nature Images and Sounds, LLC
> > Hedgesville, WV
> > <http://www.songsofinsects.com/> The Songs of Insects
> > <http://cricketman.blogspot.com/> My Blog
> >
> > 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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