Since this comes up frequently, I should also mention something about
creating metadata in XO Wave:

Since a CD Master contains all data needed to create a CD (not just
audio data), you must create metadata BEFORE creating a CD Master.
Adding or changing metadata in the session later won't change the CD
Master. This is explained best this FAQ: http://www.xowave.com/doc/
faq.shtml#noISRC

In particular, make sure when you go to burn a CD that all the boxes
for the features you want are available (not "grayed-out"), or else
those things won't be burned.

bjorn


On Dec 22, 2007, at 10:58 AM, Bjorn Roche wrote:

> 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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XO Wave
Digital Audio Production and Post-Production Software
http://www.xowave.com
http://blog.bjornroche.com
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