[vorbis] Quality & Tags

[Andy Dale]

i think something that would be really helpful would be a way to track a
file from its beginning to end, like how it is ripped (what program &
options) encoded (what options), all that.  there would really be like no
way to store it in the file, but maybe have like a program that keeps track
of these things in a separate file.  it would say things like 'ripped with
cdparanoia using these options, and encoded with oggenc using these options'
so you know if people ripped the file digitally, and without pops and
clicks, and if they encoded it at a high quality, and not just a low one
then reencoding to a high one, or know that they didn't transcode from mp3
to ogg, stuff like that.  you could find out before downloading the whole
thing from them and listening to find out the file is crap.

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From: "Monty" <xiphmont at xiph.org>
To: <vorbis at xiph.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: [vorbis] Quality & Tags

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: On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 04:58:09PM -0800, Alexander Poquet wrote:
: > Hey folks.
: >
: > I know tags aren't anyone's favorite subject, but I'd like to make a
suggestion
: > for a tag that I think is quite important -- a quality tag.
:
: This got much discussion... as does everything about tags.
:
: This is my personal stance on the subject, and I don't necessarily
: mean it to be taken as gospel:
:
: This is up to the encoder app (as every app will have a different way
: of setting up the encode process, not to mention that int he future
: not every encoder will be based on libvorbis), but it's actually a
: reasonable thing.  It does pass the 'something I'd jot down on the
: recording' test.  Int he case of oggenc, it could simply be the
: quality related arguments passed ont eh command line.
:
: Monty
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