Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Song file format : ascii or binary ?
From: Jan Weil (jan.weil_AT_web.de)
Date: Tue Jul 13 2004 - 20:05:02 EEST
On Tue Jul 13 18:20:14 2004 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.
What about the OOo variant?
Put everything in a directory and make a tarball on the fly.
That way you could always unpack the whole archive using standard tools
and edit your text files.
You could even use somethinkg like FLAC for the audio part...
-- Jan Weil http://linuxaudioblog.jawebada.de
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