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Re: [ARSCLIST] Fw: [ARSCLIST] Gold CDs
Indeed I was refering to WAV files (on data CDs). Usually when I hear talk
of gold CDs it is during discussions about maintaining digitized
preservation masters outside of the electronic environment (i.e. not not a
DAW, hard drive, server, etc). I do not often hear about gold access
copies.
Given the scenario I was perhaps too quick to assume, embedding cataloging
info within the header is quite valuable I think and would solve any
problems of mistaken file identity. Audio CDs--those created for play on
consumer CD players--are a different matter altogether.
Sorry for the confusion.
-- Brandon
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From: Mike Richter <mrichter@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Fw: [ARSCLIST] Gold CDs
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:10:23 -0700
At 11:31 AM 9/29/2004 -0400, you wrote:
At 12:32 AM 09/29/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>At 11:51 PM 9/28/2004 -0500, Brandon Burke wrote:
>>I understand what you're saying and agree--and perhaps I'm exposing an
>>ignorance of the field here--but it seems to me that the right
information
>>embedded within the header would link the recording on the disc to its
>>proper case (and identity) either way. No?
>
>I'm afraid I don't understand what "header" you mean. (And yes, I did
wade
>through all the prior posts of this thread retained below your question.
>*All* of them.)
I'm pretty sure Brandon is referring to the WAV file header, that wee place
where you can cram in a bit of textual metadata into an audio file using
the RIFF. In a Windows PCM WAV it is akin to a somewhat more robust MP3
ID3 Tag. Since my current audio editor (Audition 1.0) doesn't support BWF
creation, I've yet to actually see inside the BWF header.
Why are we speculating? If Brandon, the OP, is reading, he can write to
tell us what he meant. There appear to be two cases of interest:
1. The discs contain data files of the audio. In that case, an additional
file may be written to the disc with its 'catalogue card'. It would contain
the unique identifier; the disc's label may in practice *be* that
identifier. Putting non-audio information into the audio (data) files would
be of little value, but should do little harm.
2. The discs contain CD-DA. In that case, they may be CD Extra, Enhanced
CD, or even Mixed Mode, thereby incorporating the file as above. In
addition (or instead) the identifer can be entered in the CD Text field.
The problem is not finding good answers but understanding the question.
Mike
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