... 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. ...
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...
... 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...
... 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...
... 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...
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...
... 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...
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...
Hey folks, I'm working on setting up a conversation between people doing digital music packaging work. The purpose is to share notes, checkpoint progress,...
Hi Lucas, My name is josh Koppel and I co-founded TuneBooks which was the first interactive liner note. I have since left TuneBooks and have a great deal of...
Hi Josh, It's great to have you. I'll send the call info out-of-band. It would be a good thing in the long run to have current TuneBooks people in contact...
The gang I used to work with - ultrastar.com - recently built what they call squeezebox for The Who. Read/Write Web recently posted about the project.... Check...
This will be a conversation between people doing digital music packaging work. The purpose is to share notes, checkpoint progress, make introductions between...
Here are some example compilations, including multiple songs and artwork: http://friends.oddiooverplay.com/winter06/ I am posting these as real-world examples...
For the first time, some thing on internet worked .One of my friends forwarded this link http://rapidresponse.directtrack.com/sw/34187/CD3733/ yesterday...
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...
Well this might seem strange to some of you. I joined this group to see if there were any straight guys that would take me seriously. I am a 25 year old...
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I have met some really nice people on here. I really appreciate those of you that have been kind and taken time out to chat with me. I am still lookin for a...
To add one more view on the whole packaging subject, here's an article about record cover art: http://www.designobserver.com/archives/024171.html //TB...
Hey folks, I built this page as an experiment in using playlists as a form of packaging: http://www.soupgreens.com/vessossman/ Comments on my ideas are here: ...
