On 10 Sep 2007 at 18:42, Ian Malone wrote:> Classical music is a rich source of examples; works are > most often associated with a composer but you may still > care who the performers or conductors were. A piece may > be split across several movements which may be even further > broken down into tracks on the source.This things are easily solved with vorbis comments ... Provided you eschew the specific instrument(s) performed. Obviously, Daniel's format has that going for it. -- -:-:- David K. Gasaway -:-:- Email: dave@gasaway.org -:-:- Web : dave.gasaway.org
David K. Gasaway wrote:> On 10 Sep 2007 at 18:42, Ian Malone wrote: > >> Classical music is a rich source of examples; works are >> most often associated with a composer but you may still >> care who the performers or conductors were. A piece may >> be split across several movements which may be even further >> broken down into tracks on the source. > > This things are easily solved with vorbis comments ... Provided you > eschew the specific instrument(s) performed. Obviously, Daniel's > format has that going for it. >You can put the comments in, but they're not supported anywhere. The existence of a spec which explicitly provides for them from the start (rather than a page in some corner of the internet) might help change that. This is also why I think having levels of refinement for roles is good. -- imalone
On 11 Sep 2007 at 9:15, Ian Malone wrote:> You can put the comments in, but they're not supported > anywhere. The existence of a spec which explicitly > provides for them from the start (rather than a page > in some corner of the internet) might help change that.I couldn't agree with you more - I've said it *many* times myself. :) Look, people seem to be getting the impression that I'm entirely satisfied with the current situation, or opposed to a new metadata format. That's not the case. I was just correcting some misstatements re: vorbis comments. -- -:-:- David K. Gasaway -:-:- Email: dave@gasaway.org -:-:- Web : dave.gasaway.org