Quick BrainSharpener (#5) - Untraditional MP3 Windiff Program

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Quick BrainSharpener (#5) - Untraditional MP3 Windiff Program

Sunday, December 10, 2006 12:38 AM

The following is more of a design and implementation problem rather than one that asks you to pump out code.

Question:

How would you go about designing a Windiff of mp3 files?

Would you still rely on binary comparison if I added the goal is to match on the same tunes (i.e. The Fray - How to Save a Life) as opposed to identical files.

Is there a quick and dirty way to do this?

What about a more involved approach? Describe and list out the pros/cons.

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# re: Quick BrainSharpener (#5) - Untraditional MP3 Windiff Program

I would suggest the Music Brainz MP3 tagging approach to take into concern: http://musicbrainz.org/

Yours,
RobertZ 12/10/2006 6:21 AM | RobertZ

# re: Quick BrainSharpener (#5) - Untraditional MP3 Windiff Program

Great answer Robert. You nailed the quick and dirty approach with the metadata tags. And you also identified one of the cons with this approach by providing a uniform channel (musicbrainz) in which ppl do this.

Since there is a lack of uniformity with the tags in the general case, can you think of a more involved approach? One of the more involved approaches that I had in mind I haven't seen applied in a program. There are also cons with the approach in mind. But seeing as this is a design question, the aim is to see how someone approaches a problem (i.e. are they methodical? do they think through the problem carefully, come up with possbilities, list pros/cons of them and tie everything together for a solution?)
12/10/2006 1:09 PM | Yow-Hann

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