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List:       ms-wmtalk
Subject:    Re: Metadata
From:       Chris Bogdanovich <bogdanovichc () TEACHCO ! COM>
Date:       2005-04-27 19:44:16
Message-ID: 824B74577DBE8B4885B9E84287786CC50637E4 () aphrodite ! TEACHCO ! COM
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According to Microsoft WMP retrieves its Metadata from Allmusic. Here is what they sent me.

"I found out that we license the metadata from AMG.  Please contact AMG
to have your metadata added.   See the FAQ on
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=32:amg/info_pages/a_faq_con
tent.html for their address.

Chris Bogdanovich
The Teaching Company
4151 Lafayette Center Dr.
Suite 100
Chantilly, VA 20151
Phone: 703-502-7313
www.teach12.com


-----Original Message-----
From: WMTalk [mailto:WMTalk@DISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM]On Behalf Of Wayne
Coleman
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 12:40 PM
To: WMTalk@DISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM
Subject: Re: Metadata


Chris,

You have two issues here:

First, the audio CD issue. Audio CD metadata information in Windows Media
Player, and almost all others, use the industry standard CDDB which is now
Gracenote (www.gracenote.com). I'm not sure how they handle spoken word
audio CD's or if they just do music, but you can find out more about
database submissions at http://www.gracenote.com/contentpartner/.

Now for the MP3 issue. Fortunately this is much simpler. MP3 metadata
(referred to as ID3 tags) is usually entered at the time of encoding, but
can also be added later. The ID3 data is appended at the end of the file.
Almost all MP3 encoder software allows for the entry of ID3 tags. You can
find our more about ID3 tags by going to http://www.id3.org/intro.html. I
believe that if you check your audio editing software (we use Adobe Audition
1.5) you will find a that if provides for the entry of the ID3 information.

Hope this helps.

Wayne Coleman
www.NetBroadcasting.tv



-----Original Message-----
From: WMTalk [mailto:WMTalk@DISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM] On Behalf Of Chris
Bogdanovich
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 9:32 AM
To: WMTalk@DISCUSS.MICROSOFT.COM
Subject: Metadata

We are a content creator currently selling our educational courses on CD,
DVD, VHS, Cassette and testing MP3's.  

I have a question about Windows Media player, where does it obtain its
information regarding disc title and track names when it connects to the
internet?
We would like to be able to control the information that Media Player 9/10
displays when our disc or MP3 is played.  

Is this possible using a Microsoft product?
Or if this is not possible is there someone or company we can send the disc
and track names to, to be added to whatever database WMP gets its
information from?

Basically what I'm asking is, who do I speak to about Metadata retrieval and
submission?


Thank you for all your help,


Chris Bogdanovich
The Teaching Company
4151 Lafayette Center Dr.
Suite 100
Chantilly, VA 20151
Phone: 703-502-7313
www.teach12.com

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