Christian.Buchner
2001-Nov-20 14:27 UTC
[vorbis-dev] Re: [Flac-dev] ogg/flac and winamp plugin
----- Original Message ----- From: "Reuben Martin" <Reuben@FishB8.dns2go.com> To: <vorbis-dev@xiph.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [vorbis-dev] Re: [Flac-dev] ogg/flac and winamp plugin> > The ogg libraries do not, and should not, know anything about > > FLAC. > > If Ogg is independant of the type of stream it is transporting, how come > I am unable to add or edit the metadata on OggFLAC files? Am I wrong to > assume that tagging tools only access the Ogg layer?Interesting. Last time I checked the metadata was part of the first Vorbis packets contained within an Ogg file. And it required the vorbis library to parse them. Christian --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ Ogg project homepage: http://www.xiph.org/ogg/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'vorbis-dev-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
Reuben Martin
2001-Nov-20 14:38 UTC
[vorbis-dev] Re: [Flac-dev] ogg/flac and winamp plugin
> The ogg libraries do not, and should not, know anything about > FLAC.If Ogg is independant of the type of stream it is transporting, how come I am unable to add or edit the metadata on OggFLAC files? Am I wrong to assume that tagging tools only access the Ogg layer? --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ Ogg project homepage: http://www.xiph.org/ogg/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'vorbis-dev-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 04:38:08PM -0600, Reuben Martin wrote:> > The ogg libraries do not, and should not, know anything about > > FLAC. > > > If Ogg is independant of the type of stream it is transporting, how come > I am unable to add or edit the metadata on OggFLAC files? Am I wrong to > assume that tagging tools only access the Ogg layer?The tags associated with Vorbis files are at the Vorbis level, not Ogg. Monty --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ Ogg project homepage: http://www.xiph.org/ogg/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'vorbis-dev-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
Michael Smith
2001-Nov-20 20:10 UTC
[vorbis-dev] Re: [Flac-dev] ogg/flac and winamp plugin
At 04:38 PM 11/20/01 -0600, you wrote:>> The ogg libraries do not, and should not, know anything about >> FLAC. > > >If Ogg is independant of the type of stream it is transporting, how come >I am unable to add or edit the metadata on OggFLAC files? Am I wrong to >assume that tagging tools only access the Ogg layer?Yes, you''re wrong. The comment header is part of vorbis - adding a similar comment header to ogg/flac would be easy (for all I know, there already is one), but the comment editor will need some changes too. Michael --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ Ogg project homepage: http://www.xiph.org/ogg/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to ''vorbis-dev-request@xiph.org'' containing only the word ''unsubscribe'' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 03:10:35PM +1100, Michael Smith wrote:> At 04:38 PM 11/20/01 -0600, you wrote: > >> The ogg libraries do not, and should not, know anything about > >> FLAC. > > > > > >If Ogg is independant of the type of stream it is transporting, how come > >I am unable to add or edit the metadata on OggFLAC files? Am I wrong to > >assume that tagging tools only access the Ogg layer? > > Yes, you''re wrong. The comment header is part of vorbis - adding a similar > comment header to ogg/flac would be easy (for all I know, there already > is one), but the comment editor will need some changes too.If there is none, reusing the Vorbis system is also trivial. Monty --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ Ogg project homepage: http://www.xiph.org/ogg/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to ''vorbis-dev-request@xiph.org'' containing only the word ''unsubscribe'' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.