On Dec 22, 2007, at 10:03 AM, hugocallens wrote:

> That is exactly what I need, but I can't find out how to check if the
> metadata are properly written on the cd. Please explain.
>


On the mac, you have a few options:

1) if you are comfortable in terminal, you can use the drutil
command. Simply typing "drutil cdtext" (without the quotes) will spit
out the cd text info in apple's xml format. you can redirect that to
a file and read it in plist editor if you like. "drutil subchannel"
will give you all the mcn and isrc data along with a bunch of other
stuff you'll have to ignore. best to pipe it to less or redirect it
to a file and read it from there.

2) Inside the extras folder in XO Wave, you'll find a program called
"Read CD Metadata.command" that reads the data of the current CD and
shows them in text edit and plist editor. Not perfect, and it is
slow, but all the information is there.

3) Inside the extras folder in XO Wave, you'll also find a disk image
for a program called "CD Text to CD Info". Double-click on it and
drag 'em over to the installer. Once installed, you'll be able to
read CD Text in iTunes, although it still won't be automatic --
you'll have to select CD Text to CD info from the scripts menu when
you insert a disk with CD Text.

Hope that helps!

bjorn

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