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Re: from metadata to archiving

Subject: Re: from metadata to archiving
From: "Michael Raphael"
Date: Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:54 am ((PDT))
I know this has been covered 6 ways to sunday, but what resides in XML vs t=
he BEXT chunk?  Can you break it down in 2 sentences?

On Apr 23, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Charles Veasey wrote:

> From the screenshot, it looks like it mainly edits the Bext chunk, not XM=
L.
>
> Thanks for pointing it out.
>
> Nice swamp photos. I can't wait to visit a swamp again.
>
> -Charles
>
> On 4/23/10 12:52 PM, Michael Raphael wrote:
> > http://www.maggot.co.nz/software/remetacator.shtml
> >
> > Would that software do the same?
> >
> > M.
> >
> >
> > On Apr 23, 2010, at 10:01 AM, Charles Veasey wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Thanks to those who suggested Bwav writer/reader. It is an excellent
> >> little app.
> >>
> >> If you add an XML entry to a file using Bwav writer, does it show up a=
s
> >> a tag in Nuendo?
> >>
> >> best,
> >> Charles
> >>
> >> On 4/23/10 9:30 AM, Paul Jacobson wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi All,
> >>>
> >>> After some digging it seems like OSX can have problems reading
> >>> creation dates from FAT32 volumes. It doesn't effect effect all FAT32
> >>> volumes - I get correct creation date display on files created by my
> >>> HDP2 for example. Vicki seems to have problems with files created on
> >>> both her recorders. One difference is that I'm using firewire and
> >>> Vicki is using a USB Card reader, and most of the reports seem to
> >>> relate to USB sticks and card readers. I wonder if this makes any
> >>> difference - logically it shouldn't but you never know!
> >>>
> >>> I've discovered using the command line tool ditto to copy the files
> >>> results in the correct creation date showing on the copied file. Not
> >>> great but at least provides a work around.
> >>>
> >>> cheers
> >>> Paul
> >>>
> >>> On 23/04/2010, at 3:43 PM, Paul Jacobson wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Hi Vicki,
> >>>>
> >>>> Sounds rather odd as SD clearly states that the date is used to set
> >>>>
> >>> both creation and modification dates. 1/1/1904 is a default used when
> >>> OSX doesn't find a creation date associated with the file. Can you
> >>> check the files on the original media and see if there is a creation
> >>> date displayed?
> >>>
> >>>> cheers
> >>>> Paul
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 23/04/2010, at 2:54 PM, vickipowys wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Thanks for info.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> For my Sound Devices files, and also Olympus files, I just get two
> >>>>> dashes (--) for 'Date Created' when I check Command-I, for any one
> >>>>> individual file. I can now get that extra column you mention when I
> >>>>> open a folder, but the 'date created' shows up as 1st January 1904
> >>>>> for all of the files. (Might be interesting if it really was 1904,
> >>>>> but it ain't!)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> cheers,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Vicki
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ------------------------------------
> >>>>
> >>>> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> >>>> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Kr=
ause
> >>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> > sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Kraus=
e
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>










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