On Dec 22, 2007, at 11:29 AM, Bjorn Roche wrote:

> 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
>
Yahoo broke that link, so I'll try one more time:

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

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