On Fri, 2003-12-26 at 02:10, Curt Sampson wrote: > On Fri, 26 Dec 2003, jason wrote: > > > after all, for my purposes, i'm just preserving information until such > > time that a real system is devised, and then I'll convert. > > If you're doing that, why not just keep the toc file? I also grab the > cddb discid and preserve that in a file. > > cjs
good point. good point. maybe making another wheel is a bad idea. on the other hand, i can just throw the cuesheet and the toc and everything else into the XML file. it stays handy and i've avoided using something which is specifically meant for describing a cd where you could theoretically have anything. For instance, i have some bootleg tapes which would benefit from a place to store description, cover art, and maybe lyrics. the list goes on. I'm living proof of josh's point. so what you need is something where a parser can go through and display info without having already been taught how. for instance you could have a browser which would let you see everything available in XML file for a given cd. however, i guess for that to be workable, you would need type information (differentiate a jpg of cover art vs song lyrics) and XML is very weak on that. need a nice typed container which is easy to parse and has versioning built in. it is kind of a yucky problem. PS: the more i think about it the more i like the idea of storing the cd front as a picture. it would let you navigate your collection with icons (thumbnail versions) instead of just text. it might be cool. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ Flac-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flac-dev
