Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Song file format : ascii or binary ?
From: Dave Robillard (drobilla_AT_connect.carleton.ca)
Date: Wed Jul 14 2004 - 03:55:44 EEST
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-
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