Query on music CD identifier frame (MCI/MCDI)

[l***@bigpond.net.au]

Hi,

I have been studying the ID3 v2.x specifications and I have encountered the music CD idenfitier which isn't very clear to me. Is there any additional information concerning the format of the binary data of a music CD identifier frame? The ID3 v2.x specifications mention the CD table of contents. I have a copy of IEC 60908 ed.2 but it's not clear to me which part of this specification the music CD identifier frame is referring to. Does anyone know which section/page of IEC 60908 ed.2 I should be referring to?

Regards,
Leo

[Nicholas J Humfrey]

I can't answer your question directly as I am not familiar with IEC
60908.

However I can recommend the cross-platform library libdiscid:
http://musicbrainz.org/doc/libdiscid

This calculate identifiers for CDs based on the table of contents.
This isn't unique but it is the closest that you will get to an
identifier for every CD. There is also a branch that reads MCNs and
ISRCs from CDs, although not all CDs contain this information.

There is infomation about tagging with MusicBrainz metadata here:
http://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainzTag

I hope this is of some help.

nick.

Post by l***@bigpond.net.au
Hi,
I have been studying the ID3 v2.x specifications and I have
encountered the music CD idenfitier which isn't very clear to me.
Is there any additional information concerning the format of the
binary data of a music CD identifier frame? The ID3 v2.x
specifications mention the CD table of contents. I have a copy of
IEC 60908 ed.2 but it's not clear to me which part of this
specification the music CD identifier frame is referring to. Does
anyone know which section/page of IEC 60908 ed.2 I should be
referring to?
Regards,
Leo
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[Leo Carreon]

Hi Nick,

Thank you for your comments.

Leo

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Subject: [SPAM]Re: [ID3 Dev] Query on music CD identifier frame (MCI/MCDI)

I can't answer your question directly as I am not familiar with IEC 60908.
http://musicbrainz.org/doc/libdiscid
This calculate identifiers for CDs based on the table of contents. This
isn't unique but it is the closest that you will get to an identifier for
every CD. There is also a branch that reads MCNs and ISRCs from CDs,
although not all CDs contain this information.
http://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainzTag
I hope this is of some help.
nick.

Hi,
I have been studying the ID3 v2.x specifications and I have encountered
the music CD idenfitier which isn't very clear to me. Is there any
additional information concerning the format of the binary data of a
music CD identifier frame? The ID3 v2.x specifications mention the CD
table of contents. I have a copy of IEC 60908 ed.2 but it's not clear
to me which part of this specification the music CD identifier frame is
referring to. Does anyone know which section/page of IEC 60908 ed.2 I
should be referring to?
Regards,
Leo
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