Comments on: Baroque Works http://tleaves.com/2005/02/14/baroque-works/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rich http://tleaves.com/2005/02/14/baroque-works/comment-page-1/#comment-963 Rich Tue, 24 May 2005 01:26:42 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=307#comment-963 Can anyone help me? I use itunes, yhave a cablew internet connection, usually works fine but recently I have not been able to connect to the CDDB with iTunes or update my Spysubract definitions either. Whats up? please write me if you can help, at rrfan77@aol.com. I'm on: WinXP SP2 Comcast Cable Running norton internet security Can anyone help me?

I use itunes, yhave a cablew internet connection, usually works fine but recently I have not been able to connect to the CDDB with iTunes or update my Spysubract definitions either. Whats up? please write me if you can help, at rrfan77@aol.com.

I’m on:
WinXP SP2
Comcast Cable

Running norton internet security

]]> By: Julie Y. http://tleaves.com/2005/02/14/baroque-works/comment-page-1/#comment-962 Julie Y. Thu, 17 Feb 2005 02:10:43 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=307#comment-962 Meanwhile, I always wondered how my computer knew what song was up...it's the little things that make me wonder if I know anything at all. Meanwhile, I always wondered how my computer knew what song was up…it’s the little things that make me wonder if I know anything at all.

]]> By: Robert 'Groby' Blum http://tleaves.com/2005/02/14/baroque-works/comment-page-1/#comment-961 Robert 'Groby' Blum Wed, 16 Feb 2005 14:53:31 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=307#comment-961 Derrick - iTunes works with MusicBrainz. It can correct information you've got in iTunes. However: At least for my songs, it is *much* worse than iTunes. Classical music is mislabeled or not recognized. Many of the non-mainstream tunes I have is not in MusicBrainz. In short, it's about as useful or as useless as iTunes. Yes, I could use it and correct data as applicable - but by that time, I might as well type things in myself. I think this is one of the big leverage points the music industry would have if they were smart - they *produce* those thingies, they might as well sell the metadata. This is one of the classic cases where the web just plain breaks, and it's the classic dotBomb fallacy - "if we accumulate enough information, it sooner or later must become correct". Derrick – iTunes works with MusicBrainz. It can correct information you’ve got in iTunes. However: At least for my songs, it is *much* worse than iTunes.

Classical music is mislabeled or not recognized. Many of the non-mainstream tunes I have is not in MusicBrainz. In short, it’s about as useful or as useless as iTunes. Yes, I could use it and correct data as applicable – but by that time, I might as well type things in myself.

I think this is one of the big leverage points the music industry would have if they were smart – they *produce* those thingies, they might as well sell the metadata.

This is one of the classic cases where the web just plain breaks, and it’s the classic dotBomb fallacy – “if we accumulate enough information, it sooner or later must become correct”.

]]> By: Derrick http://tleaves.com/2005/02/14/baroque-works/comment-page-1/#comment-960 Derrick Tue, 15 Feb 2005 06:57:59 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=307#comment-960 I think you're fucked. I should switch to musicbrainz, though, but at this point I've been using iTunes, and CDDB has been doing ok, so I'm lazy. I'm actually more demanding than you if I'm going to pay for a solution; I want to have something recognize the song digitally, and send me track data (songprint/tuneprint sort of thing), but I have these bootlegs to throw everything off... I think you’re fucked. I should switch to musicbrainz, though, but at this point I’ve been using iTunes, and CDDB has been doing ok, so I’m lazy.

I’m actually more demanding than you if I’m going to pay for a solution; I want to have something recognize the song digitally, and send me track data (songprint/tuneprint sort of thing), but I have these bootlegs to throw everything off…

]]> By: Adam Rixey http://tleaves.com/2005/02/14/baroque-works/comment-page-1/#comment-959 Adam Rixey Tue, 15 Feb 2005 04:25:09 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=307#comment-959 I've started using Musicbrainz.org to tag everything after I rip it. It has its own set of problems and I disagree with some of their stylistic choices, but at least they're aiming for consistency. And there's the ability for bad data to actually be corrected, unlike CDDB. I can't say how good the support is for classical music, but at least my tags are a whole lot cleaner now. I no longer have to remember whether a song is under, say "Nick Cave", "Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds", or "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds" since they automated that process for me. I’ve started using Musicbrainz.org to tag everything after I rip it. It has its own set of problems and I disagree with some of their stylistic choices, but at least they’re aiming for consistency. And there’s the ability for bad data to actually be corrected, unlike CDDB.

I can’t say how good the support is for classical music, but at least my tags are a whole lot cleaner now. I no longer have to remember whether a song is under, say “Nick Cave”, “Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds”, or “Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds” since they automated that process for me.

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