On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 19:10, Daniel Holth wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 12:35, Eben King wrote:
> > Since "cat file_1 file_2 > combined_file" works (no file header in *.ogg?
> > OK), it is almost certainly better (in terms of output quality). The
> > reduction in file size by "{ decode file_1 ; decode file_2 ; } | encode >
> > combined_file" represents a loss of data. I was not aware that you can
> > just concatenate them. That's easier than Method A.
> >
> > BTW, do *.ogg files store title/artist/album/etc. like *.mp3 files do?
> > What's in the concatenated file?
>
> ogg files definitely store the artist, etc. You can use the program
> 'ogginfo' to see which comments are in an ogg file. "ogginfo foo.ogg".
> ogg/vorbis files store arbitrary (key, value) pairs. There are standard
> keys like "ARTIST" and "TITLE" but you could add your own to note e.g.
> beats per minute.
>
> When playing the concatentated file with two songs in it, xmms will
> display the title of the second song (read from the same file) when the
> first song is done playing.
After I created the concatenated file, I loaded it into XMMS, right
clicked on the title in the play list, and changed all the information.
Logan
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