[vorbis-dev] Standard genres for the "Genre" Field?

[Seth Flaxman]

It might be a good idea to have a list of standard genres that are 
suggested for use in the Genre field, just so that (polished) encoders 
can give the user a list to pick from when encoding a song, instead of 
making the user come up with one their own. This might seem like an 
encoder issue at first, but if two different encoders use two different 
names for a specific genre it's going to get a little confusing. 

Of course, (now the following _is_ an encoder issue, nothing to do with 
Vorbis itself) I don't think encoders should limit users... if the user 
doesn't think it fits in any category he (or she) should be able to 
enter their own category.

Thoughts?

I've attached a list of genres I found on one of the id3 "specification" 
sites. (the numbers should be ignored... in id3 numbers are used instead 
of text).

--seth
www.govorbis.com




  0.Blues 
  1.Classic Rock 
  2.Country 
  3.Dance 
  4.Disco 
  5.Funk 
  6.Grunge 
  7.Hip-Hop 
  8.Jazz 
  9.Metal 
 10.New Age 
 11.Oldies 
 12.Other 
 13.Pop 
 14.R&B 
 15.Rap 
 16.Reggae 
 17.Rock 
 18.Techno 
 19.Industrial 
 20.Alternative 
 21.Ska 
 22.Death Metal 
 23.Pranks 
 24.Soundtrack 
 25.Euro-Techno 
 26.Ambient 
 27.Trip-Hop 
 28.Vocal 
 29.Jazz+Funk 
 30.Fusion 
 31.Trance 
 32.Classical 
 33.Instrumental 
 34.Acid 
 35.House 
 36.Game 
 37.Sound Clip 
 38.Gospel 
 39.Noise 
 40.AlternRock 
 41.Bass 
 42.Soul 
 43.Punk 
 44.Space 
 45.Meditative 
 46.Instrumental Pop 
 47.Instrumental Rock 
 48.Ethnic 
 49.Gothic 
 50.Darkwave 
 51.Techno-Industrial 
 52.Electronic 
 53.Pop-Folk 
 54.Eurodance 
 55.Dream 
 56.Southern Rock 
 57.Comedy 
 58.Cult 
 59.Gangsta 
 60.Top 40 
 61.Christian Rap 
 62.Pop/Funk 
 63.Jungle 
 64.Native American 
 65.Cabaret 
 66.New Wave 
 67.Psychadelic 
 68.Rave 
 69.Showtunes 
 70.Trailer 
 71.Lo-Fi 
 72.Tribal 
 73.Acid Punk 
 74.Acid Jazz 
 75.Polka 
 76.Retro 
 77.Musical 
 78.Rock & Roll 
 79.Hard Rock 
 80.Folk 
 81.Folk-Rock 
 82.National Folk 
 83.Swing 
 84.Fast Fusion 
 85.Bebob 
 86.Latin 
 87.Revival 
 88.Celtic 
 89.Bluegrass 
 90.Avantgarde 
 91.Gothic Rock 
 92.Progressive Rock 
 93.Psychedelic Rock 
 94.Symphonic Rock 
 95.Slow Rock 
 96.Big Band 
 97.Chorus 
 98.Easy Listening 
 99.Acoustic 
100.Humour 
101.Speech 
102.Chanson 
103.Opera 
104.Chamber Music 
105.Sonata 
106.Symphony 
107.Booty Bass 
108.Primus 
109.Porn Groove 
110.Satire 
111.Slow Jam 
112.Club 
113.Tango 
114.Samba 
115.Folklore 
116.Ballad 
117.Power Ballad 
118.Rhythmic Soul 
119.Freestyle 
120.Duet 
121.Punk Rock 
122.Drum Solo 
123.A capella 
124.Euro-House 
125.Dance Hall 

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