Metadata part II
Have you ever put a CD into your laptop that wasn't connected to the web, and noticed the titles didn't show up? While recent car CD players, and stand alone players read titles directly-from-the-disc, computer media players do not.
This is because media players refer to the "Gracenote's on-line CDDB," not the CD text itself.
CDDB stands for Compact Disc Database. It allows a CD's unique track and play-length to be queried, and returns track titles, album, and artist info.
In order to cover all the bases for your CD release, I use a combination of CD Text (which must be done during mastering) *and* submit your titles to CDDB.
Also the CDDB:
* Can be updated and changed by anyone
* Takes a day or two to show up
* Short CDs or singles may not be recognized correctly
After mastering a CD with text, I use a script for iTunes to automatically pulls titles from the disc, and posts to CDDB. This keeps the information consistent, and is easy to do at the end of a long mastering session.
Also I recommend sending a finished project to "All Media Guide". Windows Media Player only shows CD titles if they are listed with All music. They will add the titles for you, here's where to send it.
All Media Guide
1168 Oak Valley Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
The listing will be up 4-6 weeks later.
Also I recommend sending a finished project to "All Media Guide". Windows Media Player only shows CD titles if they are listed with All music. They will add the titles for you, here's where to send it.
1168 Oak Valley Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
The listing will be up 4-6 weeks later.
Next up, a brief article about tagging MP3s, to complete the "Metadata Trilogy". Thanks for reading.
