On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 12:20, Olivier Guilyardi wrote: > Steve Harris wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 12:16:49 +0200, Olivier Guilyardi wrote: > > > >>That is, when saving song.xml, sticking a song.xml.files/ folder in the > >>same directory, to store samples. > > > > This is what audacity and ardour do, it works pretty well. > > Thing is, the .mod-like standalone way of storing things still seem > pretty reliable to me. You'll never end up losing a part of your song. > Maybe that instead of yet-another-binary-format, I could use an existing > such binary format. But there are a few essential requirements: > 1 - no limit on pattern length > 2 - pattern nesting : a pattern's track can use another pattern as > instrument instead of a sample > > Do you know of a binary format that would meet both of those ? > > -- > og
Why not do what Open Office (and a bunch of others do) and do the xml + directory of files thing and just throw it all in a .tgz? All the benefits of the plaintext way, with everything in a nice little package. -DR-
