[linux-audio-dev] Song file format : ascii or binary ?

[Olivier Guilyardi]

Steve Harris wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 12:16:49 +0200, Olivier Guilyardi wrote:
> 
>>That is, when saving song.xml, sticking a song.xml.files/ folder in the 
>>same directory, to store samples.
> 
> This is what audacity and ardour do, it works pretty well.

Thing is, the .mod-like standalone way of storing things still seem 
pretty reliable to me. You'll never end up losing a part of your song. 
Maybe that instead of yet-another-binary-format, I could use an existing 
such binary format. But there are a few essential requirements:
1 - no limit on pattern length
2 - pattern nesting : a pattern's track can use another pattern as 
instrument instead of a sample

Do you know of a binary format that would meet both of those ?

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   og