Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-17 Thread Don Redman
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 04:26:55 +0100, Orion wrote: Thanks for this very detailed examples. I feel that discussions here benefit a lot from concrete examples. So if you're still with me at this point, what I'm trying to get at is this: some DVDs could probably be analyzed automatically and ent

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-16 Thread Orion
Don Redman wrote: On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:10:52 +0100, Orion wrote: I'm highly in favor of adding them, simply because in the music cultures surrounding some of the artists I listen to it's become standard practice for the fans to do audio only rips of all the concert DVDs. Not adding them

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-16 Thread Tarragon M. Allen
On Friday 17 February 2006 01:10, Orion wrote: > Tarragon M. Allen wrote: > > I think the crux of this argument is not so much whether ripped DVD audio > > tracks should be allowed in MusicBrainz as an official release type, > > rather it's about the status of so-called "music" DVDs themselves. > >

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-16 Thread Don Redman
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:10:52 +0100, Orion wrote: I'm highly in favor of adding them, simply because in the music cultures surrounding some of the artists I listen to it's become standard practice for the fans to do audio only rips of all the concert DVDs. Not adding them feels like pretendi

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-16 Thread Don Redman
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:51:51 +0100, Brian Gurtler wrote: I'm using MBs definition of "official" and "bootleg" No you are not. You are interpreting the official definitions that were not made to cover the case of DVD. Please, do not claim that you are using the official definition. This d

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-16 Thread Orion
Tarragon M. Allen wrote: I think the crux of this argument is not so much whether ripped DVD audio tracks should be allowed in MusicBrainz as an official release type, rather it's about the status of so-called "music" DVDs themselves. MusicBrainz was originally conceived around music _only_ re

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-15 Thread Tarragon M. Allen
On Thursday 16 February 2006 10:44, Orion wrote: > > I'm using MBs definition of "official" and "bootleg" > > That's more or less the crux of it then. Those definitions are[1]: > ∗ OfficialAny release officially sanctioned by the artist and/or > their > record company. (Most releases

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-15 Thread Orion
I'm using MBs definition of "official" and "bootleg" That's more or less the crux of it then. Those definitions are[1]: ∗ Official Any release officially sanctioned by the artist and/or their record company. (Most releases will fit into this category.) ∗ Bootleg An unofficial/underground rel

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-15 Thread Brian Gurtler
Orion wrote: > Brian Gurtler wrote: > >>> Which isn't a very helpful definition of bootleg. What is it about it >>> that makes it a bootleg even though it's an officially released DVD? >>> >> >> >> I've already explained this previously. >> you're making an unofficial recording from a DVD >> ri

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-15 Thread Orion
Brian Gurtler wrote: Which isn't a very helpful definition of bootleg. What is it about it that makes it a bootleg even though it's an officially released DVD? I've already explained this previously. you're making an unofficial recording from a DVD ripping the audio off of a live concert DVD

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-15 Thread Brian Gurtler
Orion wrote: > Brian Gurtler wrote: > >> which is basicly making a bootleg audio CD out of a DVD. Same as if you >> were to record the audio from a television performance on the late show >> with David Letterman. >> If it were an official release, you would have imported a CD not a >> ripped aud

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-15 Thread Brian Gurtler
mud crow wrote: > I think you are all looking at this from the wrong angle. > If I own a DVD I can simply type the track details into MB, no need to > rip anything or copy anything, exactly as I do with vinyl or tape. Or I > could enter more precise data and rip the dvd and add times to the > trac

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-15 Thread mud crow
From: LukᚠLalinský <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: MusicBrainz style discussion<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MusicBrainz style discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:50:45 +0100 mud crow wrote: I think you are all lo

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-15 Thread Lukáš Lalinský
mud crow wrote: I think you are all looking at this from the wrong angle. If I own a DVD I can simply type the track details into MB, no need to rip anything or copy anything, exactly as I do with vinyl or tape. Or I could enter more precise data and rip the dvd and add times to the tracks as

RE: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-15 Thread Cristov Russell
> On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:05:03 +0100, Cristov Russell wrote: > > > > I don't think splitting a wave file constitutes a bootleg. > A bootleg > > is an unofficial and often (but not always) unauthorized recording. > > We're talking about DVDs that are both official and authorized and > > releas

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-15 Thread Marco Sola
Il Wednesday, February 15, 2006 3:12 PM Don Redman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: That is a very important distinction. There are a) _recordings_ that are unauthroized, and b) Quite OT, sorry. What it scares me is that *any* and every matter discussed istantly leads to other matters discuss

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-15 Thread mud crow
I think you are all looking at this from the wrong angle. If I own a DVD I can simply type the track details into MB, no need to rip anything or copy anything, exactly as I do with vinyl or tape. Or I could enter more precise data and rip the dvd and add times to the tracks as well. That isn't

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-15 Thread Don Redman
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:05:03 +0100, Cristov Russell wrote: I don't think splitting a wave file constitutes a bootleg. A bootleg is an unofficial and often (but not always) unauthorized recording. We're talking about DVDs that are both official and authorized and released by the artists la

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-15 Thread Orion
Brian Gurtler wrote: which is basicly making a bootleg audio CD out of a DVD. Same as if you were to record the audio from a television performance on the late show with David Letterman. If it were an official release, you would have imported a CD not a ripped audio from a DVD. Not really the s

RE: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-15 Thread Cristov Russell
> Orion wrote: > > It doesn't make much sense to me why it would be bootleg. > I buy a CD, > > put it in my computer, open a ripping program, hit go, and have a > > bunch of wav files that I can encode to whatever. I buy a > live DVD, > > put it in my computer, open a ripping program, hit go

RE: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-15 Thread Cristov Russell
> Brian Gurtler wrote: > > no, it would not leave the entire database as bootleg. it > would make > > the live concert DVD rips bootlegs where the source is the DVD (aka > > DSBD as far as live recording sources are labled outside of MB). > > Please expand on this, because it makes no sense to m

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-15 Thread Brian Gurtler
Orion wrote: > Brian Gurtler wrote: > >> no, it would not leave the entire database as bootleg. it would make the >> live concert DVD rips bootlegs where the source is the DVD (aka DSBD as >> far as live recording sources are labled outside of MB). >> Please expand on this, because it makes no s

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-15 Thread Don Redman
I observe that there seems to be consensus in this matter. So, although Simon has not asked for an official rule, one has emerged. It looks someway like this (taken from Nikki's mail): * The titles of DVDs are treated like CDs. No extra distinguishers are added to the AlbumTitle. The fact t

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-15 Thread Orion
Lukáš Lalinský wrote: The difference is that for DVDs you usually split the wav files to match the songs. I doubt there are many video DVDs where 1 chapter == 1 songs. You'd be wrong on that. I have dozens of live DVDs that are all 1 chapter == 1 song, I don't have to do anything when ripping

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-15 Thread 999
Lukáš Lalinský wrote: Orion wrote: It doesn't make much sense to me why it would be bootleg. I buy a CD, put it in my computer, open a ripping program, hit go, and have a bunch of wav files that I can encode to whatever. I buy a live DVD, put it in my computer, open a ripping program, hit g

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-15 Thread Lukáš Lalinský
Orion wrote: It doesn't make much sense to me why it would be bootleg. I buy a CD, put it in my computer, open a ripping program, hit go, and have a bunch of wav files that I can encode to whatever. I buy a live DVD, put it in my computer, open a ripping program, hit go, and have a bunch of w

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-15 Thread Orion
Brian Gurtler wrote: no, it would not leave the entire database as bootleg. it would make the live concert DVD rips bootlegs where the source is the DVD (aka DSBD as far as live recording sources are labled outside of MB). Please expand on this, because it makes no sense to me how ripping out aud

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-14 Thread Brian Gurtler
Cristov Russell wrote: Jan van Thiel wrote: >> > > Another question is: what DVDs do we allow to be added? >> Audio DVD for >> >>certain, but what about video DVD rips and the like? >> >>-- >>Jan van Thiel >> >> live DVD rips (IMO) should be added as

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-14 Thread Nikki
On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 03:01:15PM +0100, Simon Reinhardt wrote: > So things I observe from this list: > Title DVD > DVD Title > Title (DVD) > Title (DVD single) > Title (bonus DVD) > Title (DVD bonus tracks) > Title (DVD-AUDIO) > Title (DVD/CD) (wtf?) > Title (Dvd Edition) > Title (DVD Audio) >

RE: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-14 Thread Cristov Russell
> Jan van Thiel wrote: > > Another question is: what DVDs do we allow to be added? > Audio DVD for > > certain, but what about video DVD rips and the like? > > > > -- > > Jan van Thiel > > > live DVD rips (IMO) should be added as live/bootleg and > follow the live/bootleg naming scheme. > > -

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-14 Thread Brian Gurtler
live DVD rips (IMO) should be added as live/bootleg and follow the live/bootleg naming scheme. -b. Jan van Thiel wrote: > Another question is: what DVDs do we allow to be added? Audio DVD for > certain, but what about video DVD rips and the like? > > -- > Jan van Thiel > __

RE: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-14 Thread mud crow
From: Simon Reinhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: MusicBrainz style discussion<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [mb-style] DVD in album titles Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:01:15 +0100 Hi! DVDs again, this time about the album titles, not the release status. If

Re: [mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-14 Thread Jan van Thiel
On 2/14/06, Simon Reinhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DVDs again, this time about the album titles, not the release status. > If you look at > http://musicbrainz.org/newsearch.html?limit=0&table=album&search=dvd we have > quite a mess there. > I'm not calling for an official style guideline si

[mb-style] DVD in album titles

2006-02-14 Thread Simon Reinhardt
Hi! DVDs again, this time about the album titles, not the release status. If you look at http://musicbrainz.org/newsearch.html?limit=0&table=album&search=dvd we have quite a mess there. I'm not calling for an official style guideline since I think this is more a provisional thing until we have