Hi Vicki
Simple forget AIFF, Macs are set up by default to trash all the useful
metadata contained in a Broadcast WAV. I don't have a Mac available right
now to give precise info how to tame this Apple Corp abuse/nonsense/ BS, but
for sure Macs can use wav files just fine, both plain ones or with the bext
(BWF) extra goodies.
IMO this is major Corporate BS, hubris & outrageous arrogance on Apples part
to assume their late 20th century format has any relevance at all to anyone
in the 21st Century.
John L
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To: <>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 1:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] from metadata to archiving
| Sorry to throw in a really dumb question, BUT
|
| If I make a recording on a flash-card recorder then it gets
| automatically date and time stamped (always assuming that I have set
| the time-date correctly in the reccorder).
|
| When I later process the recording (let's say I remove 5 minutes of
| footsteps and preserve one minute of birdsong), then I am left with
| an AIFF file on a Mac that has lost the date and time stamp.
|
| Are you proposing that the ideal way for archiving is to then re-
| embed time, date and additional data that will be permanently tagged
| to the sound file?
|
| For the moment I'm sticking with my manual database, thanks all the
| same, and verbal announcements regarding species name, description,
| behaviour, place, weather, etc.
|
| cheers,
|
| Vicki
|
|
|
| On 23/04/2010, at 9:04 AM, Rob Danielson wrote:
|
| > Hi John et al--
| >
| > In the model I'm suggesting, the database would create files with
| > embedded metadata. Hopefully this feature can serve a very
| > significant role in getting important data people want into the
| > consolidation app; maybe Charles' ixml project can eventually aspire
| > towards creating agreement about how to assign the chunks. Strong
| > agreement is needed in the tag dept, or there's more trouble than
| > return.
| >
| > snip...........
|
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