Grrr!
"You may find this interesting"
http://www.ebu.ch/fr/technical/publications/userguides/bwf_user_guide.php
--- In Keith Smith <> wrote:
>
> Dan,
> " They're arbitrary numbers that have no value other than giving each fil=
e
> an unique name."
> Agreed -pretty much. Twenty or thirty audio takes (in my case) are much
> easier to rename individually than 500 photo files, but I do like having =
a
> consistent and sequential 'serial number'. I've certainly found that usef=
ul
> in sorting out mixed up memories about photo shoots. I usually slate the
> audio takes, too, or at least the first one of a group. I think I need to
> agree with myself on a routine for that, as it would make file renaming
> easier if left for a few days. More on Metadata below.
> Thanks!
>
> Jeremiah,
> The HDP2 allows something similar (not to mention unlimited recording
> presets which you can name any way you like -love that!).
>
> The thing I like best about this solution and Dan's is that they are
> proofed against the disappearance, obsolescence or change of 'software by
> others'. I'm on Win7x64 now, and not in a hurry to go Win8, which I fear
> will turn my desktop into a big phone-app (the way things are going), but
> even within that Win7 framework, updates can be brutal in how they affect
> extant software. Admittedly, that comment applies more to hardware driver=
s
> than anything else, but it makes me a bit nervous.
>
> That said, iMatch <http://www.photools.com/imatch-3-overview/> allows
> unlimited categorization which can be changed at any time, excellent sear=
ch
> and sort on any combination of fields (including boolean operators) I car=
e
> to construct, not to mention scripting for batch work if the need arises
> and deals easily with many thousands of files. I can run photos and audio
> in completely separate databases and have better control over monitored
> folders that I've seen in most mp3 catalogers. It's an attractive option
> and, it doesn't preclude the incorporation of a hierarchical directory
> structure. Maybe a combination of the two?
>
> If if do go the 'long name route', I certainly need to get rid of tho=
se
> spaces or turn off proportional spacing, given my eyesight!
>
> Chris,
> This sounds very much like what I've done with the photos and
> ExpertGPS<http://www.expertgps.com/>.
> When I get back from a shoot, I download the track to EGPS, dump the whol=
e
> folder of jpegs onto it and the job is done -provided I keep the 2 clocks
> together(!). I can then send the whole thing to GE with a single click. I
> do think GE allows a more free-form comments attribute.
>
> I did play with iTunes for the purpose and also looked at MediaMonkey,
> which seems to offer more control over which folders are monitored. They
> are both pretty mp3-tag-centric, though.
>
> Peter, thanks for piping in!
> Wow, it's like stepping back to Norton on Dos 2.8. There is much about
> those days I miss, but I'm sitting on about 7 TB now, and back then I
> thought 40MB was a big drive! I'll have another look today and see if I c=
an
> find more than Your file-naming CamelCase scheme is similar to what I've
> been doing, but spaces have a way of creeping in. Inconsistency and typos
> are my main enemies.
>
> Following Dan's post, I found
> http://udm4.com/Windows/BWF_MetaEdit-235261and played with it for few
> minutes before bed time. It opened files I've
> rendered with Reaper just fine, but complains the HDP2 and Marantz files
> are truncated (actual and stated files sizes don't agree, it says). I don=
't
> know what to make of that.
>
> You may find this
> http://www.ebu.ch/fr/technical/publications/userguides/bwf_user_guide.php=
interesting.
>
> It certainly seems to me that BWF isn't going to offer much that I'm
> interested in, other than GPS co-ords in Bext which Raimund mentions, for
> some time, although I need to do more reading.
>
> Hi Raimund,
> Thanks for the suggestion. I'm definitely going to have a run at it
> this afternoon, and I expect Jeremiah will, too. Dumping a folder into a
> gpx track would fit in well with my other activities.
> Thanks!
>
> I'm also going to have another look at The DAM Book -Digital Asset
> Management for Photographers pub. O'Reilly, to see if there are any
> applicable ideas or software mentioned in there. Good book, but rather
> Adobe-centric. It might be of interest to others, here.
>
> I'll think about all this, mess with some options and see what I can
> come up with. Hearing these ideas and having to formulate some kind of
> sensible reply seem to be the most profitable exercise.
>
> Thanks again to all posters!
> Keith
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 3:51 AM, Raimund <>wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Hi Keith,
> >
> > You might try the free Avisoft-SASLab Lite Windows software that can
> > geotag .wav files using common GPS track log files. This functionality =
can
> > be found on the command File > Specials > Georeference .wav files...
> >
> > The determined GPS coordinates can be saved either into individual side=
car
> > files or single .kml, gpx or .shp file for an entire .wav file folder.
> >
> > In addition to that, the coordinates can be saved into the bext metadat=
a
> > (and custom GPS chunk) of the .wav files.
> >
> > The software can be downloaded from
> >
> > http://www.avisoft.com/downloads.htm or http://www.avisoft.com/setup3.e=
xe
> >
> > The manual is available from http://www.avisoft.com/SASLabPro.pdf
> >
> > Note that you can also select the .wav file folder and GPS track log fi=
le
> > by drag&drop into the "Georeference .wav Files" dialog box.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Raimund
> >
> > Aviosft Bioacoustics
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Keith Smith
>
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> Photography - www.mymountains.ca
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