Re: [xipf-talk] Re: Thoughts on xipf -- feedback welcome
The mozilla extension archive (.xpi), which is also a zip file, is probably another useful model for what you're proposing.
The other question that occurs to me reading through this thread is if there would be added flexibility in allowing optional pointers to external resources, like album artwork and lyrics (or in some cases the audio files themselves), in addition to having them be directly available as contents in the zip/package. This has the advantage of providing a lot of flexibility in packaging a collection, and the potential disadvantage that sometimes these materials won't be available because they've been moved or deleted, or a server is unavailable.
The other direction we've been thinking is to actually make the ZIP an
executable or package it as Java JAR, along with some sort of executable
handler. The handler would be responsible for "installing" the album
locally or presenting some sort of menu of options for
playback/exploration of the contents of the album. It may even be
possible for the format to contain players inside of the archive, so
that an album an be distributed and experienced in a complete standalone
manner. If we make any headway on this approach, we'll be sure to share
it here.
Hello all, I've been taking a rather small mental ice pick to the large iceberg that is xipf. I'd like to share my thoughts, and get some feedback. ...
... The thoughts we have been having is to use XML as a description of the media in the liner note, and a folder of files to old the actual media. The lyrics...
Hi everyone. Not sure if I have posted here before, but as this topic is super-relevant to me, thought I would contribute. On my site Cruxy, we enable anyone...
Fantastic to hear that you're already doing packages in a zip file, Nathan. That means that there is an iterative path to an enhanced format -- just keep...
... What we have released today is very simple - as long as its a ZIP its an Album. That is because the artists themselves create the ZIP files and upload them...
The mozilla extension archive (.xpi), which is also a zip file, is probably another useful model for what you're proposing. The other question that occurs to...
... probably ... Other models: Yum in the Linux world. From the PHP world, a PEAR package works in a similar way. it's a tar.gz file packaged in a particular...
Hi All, I wanted to announce that we have started a funded XIPF project based around MPEG 21. You can find out more information at: dylan.projectopus.com The...
... Excellent. Let's see what we can learn from that. (From http://www.orablogs.com/duffblog/archives/000536.html) ... An XPI file is just a normal zip file...
I am still interested in this topic as well. Back in 2000ish, i worked with a technology called Throttlebox which was a media wrapper (executable) that played...
Hi, Lucas, The container was able to hold/reference as many media files as you wanted. There was no limit. It basically created a self-contained "web" since...
All, I must admit to a feeling of deja-vu reviewing the discussion taking place here. Some while back I pointed out that the requirements for the container...
... Well, I perhaps not direct random access, but I know you can easily stream out files from a ZIP/JAR Archive. Just something about the word ISO and...
... Hey Jon, thanks for posting here. This is a great metaphor to describe the problem. Almost everything you do in this space opens up a ton of questions. ...
... I don't see a need to do this at all. leave these definitions up to the creator, trying to guess them will guarantee exclusion. ... this works fine. The...
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