--keep-foreign-metadata and EAC. Necessary at all? |
--keep-foreign-metadata and EAC. Necessary at all? |
 Nov 8 2012, 14:19
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I understand what --keep-foreign-metadata does but i wonder if it is necessary at all with WAVE files EAC produces. In my tests restored files previously encoded <without> the --keep-foreign-metadata option have the same checksum as the original EAC-created WAVE file. Is this because my test-CDs just don't contain any foreign metadata or is this switch useless in combination with EAC, because EAC doesn't read any "foreign" metadata at all?
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Nov 8 2012, 14:58
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Group: Members Posts: 3099 Joined: 1-September 05 From: SE Pennsylvania Member No.: 24233 |
I think it's useless because most applications don't put metadata into wav files at all, and very few applications could read it if they did. There is a way to put metadata in wav files, but it is virtually ignored.
If you want metadata then use either lossless or lossy compression that supports it. |
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Xenion --keep-foreign-metadata and EAC. Necessary at all? Nov 8 2012, 14:19
nu774 I agreed on pdq, it would not be a useful feature.... Nov 8 2012, 15:32 greynol Who is ripping to wave with EAC and using third-pa... Nov 8 2012, 15:55 Xenion QUOTE (pdq @ Nov 8 2012, 14:58) I think i... Nov 8 2012, 16:45
skamp QUOTE (Xenion @ Nov 8 2012, 16:45) Basica... Nov 8 2012, 17:36
Xenion QUOTE (skamp @ Nov 8 2012, 17:36) The dat... Nov 8 2012, 18:00 greynol QUOTE (Xenion @ Nov 8 2012, 07:45) QUOTE ... Nov 8 2012, 18:36 punkrockdude The only time I can think of that it might be good... Nov 8 2012, 17:09 Xenion QUOTE (punkrockdude @ Nov 8 2012, 17:09) ... Nov 8 2012, 17:11 greynol Your questions have already been answered. Nov 8 2012, 18:33 Xenion This answered everything. Thank You. Nov 8 2012, 18:43 |
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