[Vorbis-dev] gps tags in vorbis comments

Petr Tomasek tomasek at etf.cuni.cz
Mon Sep 29 01:53:28 PDT 2008


On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 04:37:38PM +1000, e deleflie wrote:
> >> But if that is acceptible, then it should be acceptible for something
> >> like a 'default stereo decode' (elevation, azimuth) (for ambisonic
> >> files) to be placed in the comment headers. (Actually, we could use
> >> geo-tagging as well.)
> >>
> >> Etienne
> >
> > What do you mean by 'technical data'? ;-p)
> 
> I mean data that could be used by an ambisonic decoder to affect how
> the listener would hear the audio.
> 
> It would be optional for the ambisonic decoder to use that data ...
> but would serve as a 'hint' on how to decode the ambisonic stream into
> an 'author preferred' stereo decode.

That's clear. I'm asking, what can be interpreted as 'technical data',
so i.e. is the GEO tag meant to be read by the computer or isn't
it also meant as human-readable data?

p.t.

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