Re: Classifying music samples (MP3/WAV/...)

Paul Ashton (paul666 nospam at mailandnews.com)
Wed, 22 Sep 1999 22:03:11 +0100

> > For example,
> > Record the time of the first N pitch/power/volume peaks.
>
> This is a great idea, but as is it wouldn't distinguish between different
> compilations with the same first song.

Well, I did mean this would be done for every track, not just the first
one on a CD.

> But a hash of the first few bars of
> each song on the CD should do the trick.

But it wouldn't since every MP3 converter, for example, would produce
a different .mp3 and that in turn when decoded would produce a different
raw file. That's why some sound analysis would have to be done to
properly classify a random .mp3, .wav, .au, or the raw input from a
CD, which itself could be corrupted slightly without an audible
indication.

Paul