The
project mp3query at sourceforge
Who is
using mp3query at the moment?
mp3query development
ends when?
-- Last update 8 March 2002
Scope of this
page
This page
intends to give a short overview of the mp3query project, namely answer
to basic questions like:
- mp3query is what?
- mp3query is music?
- Who is using mp3query at
the moment?
- Why would I need mp3query?
Other specific questions will be answered later, as this project is nearly in the beginning.
As this is the first page for this project, please do not expect too much. I promise this http://mp3query.sourceforge.net/ page will be better in a couple of months.
The project
mp3query at sourceforge
As you see, mp3query is present at sourceforge for obvious reasons – everyone knows that this is the ultimate state of the art for the GPL software. Personally I think http://sourceforge.net is the best development centre in the net!
No copyrights from the MP3 standards are threatened by this project, as this project does not deal with the music itself, but only with the tags in it.
mp3query is what?
mp3query intends to be the source code for collecting / extracting / inserting correct ID3Vx tags, by re-using existing libraries (such as those provided by http://id3lib.sourceforge.net/), re-inventing C++ comprehensive code for dealing with MP3 tags.
Additionally I would like to create code for distributed MP3-tag servers. Not just another CDDB server, because those servers have a short flexibility. These servers would be trustworthy in the sense that they would store only liable data regarding the MP3 files.
mp3query is
music?
No. mp3query
is only a set of C++ programs to deal with MP3 tags.
Who is using
mp3query at the moment?
No one uses
mp3query at the moment. The project has barely started.
Why using
mp3query?
Let’s give an example: you like to download MP3 files from AudioGalaxy (http://www.audiogalaxy.com). You have thousands of files downloaded into your hard disk. But you might wonder: Is this a damaged file? Does this title match with the author? What was the year this music came up?
With mp3query you could not only extract all the information you possibly can from the file itself, but also ask a MP3-tag server.
mp3query
development
Technology / language
Currently I
am developing mp3tag in Linux SUSE 6.4 (http://www.suse.de/en/),
the language is C++.
Hot topics:
- Language: C++, objects developed by
myself (library). They are called yobjects.
- Configuration Management: I have no CVS installed.
- Platforms: so far, Linux specific.
- Makefiles: I intend to produce a package
with automake. So far, makefiles have hardcoded parameters, such as
the directories locations.
- Testing: Just that. ymp3query is
rather simple to use, a couple of standalone tests are enough.
The state
of the art is as follows.
ymp3tag
- Preliminary code for Linux is
available (SUSE) – designated version v1.1
- Only ID3V1 tags are supported
at the moment.
ymp3server
- The specification has not
started. In my mind, the specification and code may take one or two years.
- Prototype may be ready in 2003.
Schedule
ymp3tag v1.2
This
release will certainly have few bugs, and should allow ID3V2 tags.
Scheduled
for May/June 2002.
mp3query
development ends when?
You’d
better ask when it has started: the project itself started in January 2002.
I’ll be
glad to finish the ymp3tag by the end of this year.
Please hang-on
for more news.
The Author
If you want to say hi, to suggest anything, or to join the project, just email me at mp3query@moreira.dnsalias.net or to the permanent address henrique@faztek.org
My homepage is located at http://moreira.dnsalias.net