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

[Dave Robillard]

On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 12:20, Olivier Guilyardi wrote:
> 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 ?
> 
> --
>    og

Why not do what Open Office (and a bunch of others do) and do the xml +
directory of files thing and just throw it all in a .tgz?

All the benefits of the plaintext way, with everything in a nice little
package.

-DR-