Re: Generalized rather than just CD
Stephen van Egmond (svanegmond nospam at home.com)
Sun, 05 Dec 1999 16:11:18 -0500
Jared wrote:
> I've been reading this list since it came into being, and I have never
> really participated much. Now I would like to say this though, if you guys
> go towards a more generalized approach cd, mp3, dvd, and etc rather than
> just cd. I can see a couple of ways I might be able to help. How many of
> you have heard of Napster, the mp3 trading program? Well I'm looking into
> writing an open-source system similar to that, first for trading mp3, mpg,
> avi, jpg, png, etc. In which case I'll have enormous lists of hashes from
> mp3's and whatnot. You guys are using SHA1 hash though right? If that's so
> I could use that and maybe help you guys out on bulking up your database.
> This is all in research stage right now, so I'm not guaranteeing anything,
> just thought I'd mention it to you guys.
Jared,
I am pretty sure that as soon as Napster was sued, an open-soruce
equivalent popped into existence. You may want to look a bit.
You've got a great idea that could be applicable to the CDIndex, but I
think it would only use the CDIndex DTD, not the database itself.
/Steve