After reading all these posts about how important lineage is, which I agree with, a cool idea dawned on me. Though I hate to mention the word MP3, SO SORRY, there is one feature it does have which maybe could be incorporated somehow into SHN's.
The ID3v2 Tag info. Something along these lines would be perfect, as it could be hold all the "lineage" info right in the file itself. But being that I am not a programmer I have no clue if this is possible. Just a thought -E --- Mike Plantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As digital music trading becomes more and more accessible (as it > should) and > the popularity of bands that allow taping continues to increase, i've > noticed that it's becoming much easier for people to share the > music that > etree has tried to propagate. being in a college scene, i've been > able to > see the availability of shows grow from a handful of people (mainly > etree > subscribers) to a great deal of people sharing these same shows. > however, > i've also noticed that a good number of these people who have > become > involved in trading by means outside etree often have little > understanding > (or regard in some cases) for documenting and preserving digital > music > lineage. > I'll be the first to admit, 80% of the time i cannot tell a > difference in > quality between a song/show ripped from mp3 and one converted from > SHN (no > offense to audiophiles graced with spectacular audibility). > however, i do > have respect for the long-term preservation that SHN affords. most > casual > listeners outside etree (and other quality tree/vine/trading > circles and > sites) are simply happy to get their hands on a show, and it's hard > to > explain the importance of trading music by a loss-less compression > when (to > most people) mp3 sounds perfectly loss-less to most listeners. > even on > etree, i have made several snail mail trades and b&ps where the > person i was > trading with failed to include a text file or account for the shows > lineage > - great for me to listen to in the privacy of my own home/car, but > completely useless to trade. > my question to the list is this - as etree continues to grow, the > possibility of new subscribers entering the list with a previous > stockpile > of shows burned outside the shn/dao/etc. method also grows. does > etree > "management" and it's list subscribers have any ideas on how to > keep clean > the lineage that etree has worked so hard to preserve? > > mike > > WOB:email me off list to set something up if you feel this is a huge > wob...cannot offer up a standard wob since i am sans burner for a > few weeks > SORRY ABOUT THE CROSS-POST! _______________________________________________ etree.org etrade mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe go to: http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etrade Need help? Ask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
