hi V
as Paul J alluded to the vital bext/BWF info will be intact, the date/time
displayed on both Mac's & Pc's may well show the time/date of the last
modification which can be considered a bit umhelpful at times but the BWF
timestamp and any other bext data should be just fine.
John L
| Hi John,
|
| But even if I open a WAV file on my Mac, and keep it in WAV format,
| if I "save" that file then I still lose the date-time information.
| I thought this happened on a PC too?
|
| cheers,
|
| Vicki
|
|
| On 23/04/2010, at 12:25 PM, John Lundsten wrote:
|
| > 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
| >
| > vickipowys" <>
| > 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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| > "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
| > sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
| > Krause
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| >
| >
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