So late, so soon...
Sep. 10th, 2008 10:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpWhen not translating, I've been combing an ever-more-concentrated collection of papers for testimonials about my work, and adding them to my "corporate" web site.
Another hazard report had been promised (threatened?) for today, but instead, I got a job due next Monday consisting of pages where the left inch or so of text is illegible. On the one hand, it's pretty frustrating to work with material like this; on the other, it's not as if you have to worry terribly much about failing to communicate what is being said.
Monday, I got up early and then went back to bed soon after uploading a short translation, and then hit the sack again for a nap. I wasn't feeling too chipper about that state of affairs, but during the past two days, I've been pretty full of energy, though not enough to do any significant exercise, which is a situation that has to change. (And yes, I realize I keep saying that...)
I am tempted to take iTunes 8 for a spin, and have even downloaded the Windows version of the program, but I think I'll sit on my hands - at least for tonight - before making any final decision. If I do install it, I'll do so on hammer, with the idea that - should I not like it (and history says that's the smart way to bet) - I can straightforwardly delete it.
I've just spent a little time with MusicBrainz Picard and am starting to get the hang of what it's trying to accomplish. It deals with tracks from my ripped CDs with little problem.
Individual songs are another matter. Say you've got an mp3, of 6:03 duration, of Whisky in the Jar by Peter, Paul & Mary, and nothing more. You highlight the song, click on "Lookup" and - zap! - the program suggests the following potential match: Whiskey in the Jar, 6:03 long, by... Dave Stewart, from an album called The Boxer?
Oops..., this was not a good example, and perhaps it's a future candidate for a program feature in which a sonic "fingerprint" is made using the mp3 file and then compared to entries in the database, but right now I'm in one-step-at-a-time mode. Reject this, obviously.
How about Brown-Eyed Girl, by Roy Orbison (2:24)? Picard comes up with... no match at all. This would seem to be another fingerprinting candidate.
What of Van Morrison's Dancing in the Moonlight (2:52)?
Oho! A hit! A palpable hit!
The program, after consulting with the server, suggests the song was track 18 of the album Down the Road. Hmmm. As I tend not to pay attention to album names when I buy individual cuts, I'll take the program's word for it.
Obviously, since the operation of the program depends heavily on the server database, coverage will reflect popular tastes. Thus, there are not as many hits for classical cuts as there are for contemporary tracks. Still, it's not exactly a desert, either.
In a little under two hours, on and off, I've managed to catalog about 700 files.
Cheers...
Another hazard report had been promised (threatened?) for today, but instead, I got a job due next Monday consisting of pages where the left inch or so of text is illegible. On the one hand, it's pretty frustrating to work with material like this; on the other, it's not as if you have to worry terribly much about failing to communicate what is being said.
Monday, I got up early and then went back to bed soon after uploading a short translation, and then hit the sack again for a nap. I wasn't feeling too chipper about that state of affairs, but during the past two days, I've been pretty full of energy, though not enough to do any significant exercise, which is a situation that has to change. (And yes, I realize I keep saying that...)
I am tempted to take iTunes 8 for a spin, and have even downloaded the Windows version of the program, but I think I'll sit on my hands - at least for tonight - before making any final decision. If I do install it, I'll do so on hammer, with the idea that - should I not like it (and history says that's the smart way to bet) - I can straightforwardly delete it.
I've just spent a little time with MusicBrainz Picard and am starting to get the hang of what it's trying to accomplish. It deals with tracks from my ripped CDs with little problem.
Individual songs are another matter. Say you've got an mp3, of 6:03 duration, of Whisky in the Jar by Peter, Paul & Mary, and nothing more. You highlight the song, click on "Lookup" and - zap! - the program suggests the following potential match: Whiskey in the Jar, 6:03 long, by... Dave Stewart, from an album called The Boxer?
Oops..., this was not a good example, and perhaps it's a future candidate for a program feature in which a sonic "fingerprint" is made using the mp3 file and then compared to entries in the database, but right now I'm in one-step-at-a-time mode. Reject this, obviously.
How about Brown-Eyed Girl, by Roy Orbison (2:24)? Picard comes up with... no match at all. This would seem to be another fingerprinting candidate.
What of Van Morrison's Dancing in the Moonlight (2:52)?
Oho! A hit! A palpable hit!
The program, after consulting with the server, suggests the song was track 18 of the album Down the Road. Hmmm. As I tend not to pay attention to album names when I buy individual cuts, I'll take the program's word for it.
Obviously, since the operation of the program depends heavily on the server database, coverage will reflect popular tastes. Thus, there are not as many hits for classical cuts as there are for contemporary tracks. Still, it's not exactly a desert, either.
In a little under two hours, on and off, I've managed to catalog about 700 files.
Cheers...
