Track Index Tags

2002-09-27 08:24:30

One of the cool things about the redbook audio cd is support for idexes within tracks. It would like to see ogg players and tags that allow for track indexes. No, format I know of currently handles indexes but they are a very cool feature.

IMHO this is how indexes should be handled...........

When you rip a cd you extract tracks with append gaps to next track, (and extract with cue sheet) eg....

track 2 has a index 0, index 1 starts at :34
track is extracted and starts with index 0 which runs for 34 seconds of a singer introducing a song at a live performance, then index 1 plays.

(Since index 0 belongs to track 2 and not 1, It doesnt make any sense to me to append this gap to track 1)

The ogg encoder uses the index data from the cue sheet to tag ogg files with the apropriate index info.......

Now the ogg player should handle indexes just like most cd players do. Also it would be nice to be able to specify which index in a song plays eg................

the last track on incubus's Morning View (Aqueous Transmission) has a minute of crickets chiping at the end of the song. Rather that chop this off in a wave editor I would just like to use indexes...........

Aqueous Transmission index01 (the music) index02 (the cricket chirping)
this way if I only specify I want to play index 1 I just hear the song, (the cricket chirping at the end of the song is index 2) and doesn't get played because I specified just index 1 should be played.

I hope this makes sense B)

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