IEatBrainz
Encyclopedia
iEatBrainz is a Mac OS X
MusicBrainz
client
, written by Jay Tuley. It performs acoustic fingerprint
matching in conjunction with the MusicBrainz database
. Designed to work with iTunes
, it can fingerprint MP3
, AAC
files, or any other format playable with QuickTime
, and passes metadata
information to iTunes. Notably, a Universal Binary
is not available, although version 1.07 and 1.08 will work on Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5 on Intel Macs.
The software uses the older TRM acoustic fingerprinting system which is discontinued by Musicbrainz and does not work any more. The author's website currently lists this software as deprecated. A download of the universal binary is not possible either.
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
MusicBrainz
MusicBrainz
MusicBrainz is a project that aims to create an open content music database. Similar to the freedb project, it was founded in response to the restrictions placed on the CDDB...
client
Client (computing)
A client is an application or system that accesses a service made available by a server. The server is often on another computer system, in which case the client accesses the service by way of a network....
, written by Jay Tuley. It performs acoustic fingerprint
Acoustic fingerprint
An acoustic fingerprint is a condensed digital summary, deterministically generated from an audio signal, that can be used to identify an audio sample or quickly locate similar items in an audio database....
matching in conjunction with the MusicBrainz database
Database
A database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality , in a way that supports processes requiring this information...
. Designed to work with iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
, it can fingerprint MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
, AAC
Advanced Audio Coding
Advanced Audio Coding is a standardized, lossy compression and encoding scheme for digital audio. Designed to be the successor of the MP3 format, AAC generally achieves better sound quality than MP3 at similar bit rates....
files, or any other format playable with QuickTime
QuickTime
QuickTime is an extensible proprietary multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc., capable of handling various formats of digital video, picture, sound, panoramic images, and interactivity. The classic version of QuickTime is available for Windows XP and later, as well as Mac OS X Leopard and...
, and passes metadata
Metadata
The term metadata is an ambiguous term which is used for two fundamentally different concepts . Although the expression "data about data" is often used, it does not apply to both in the same way. Structural metadata, the design and specification of data structures, cannot be about data, because at...
information to iTunes. Notably, a Universal Binary
Universal binary
A universal binary is, in Apple parlance, an executable file or application bundle that runs natively on either PowerPC or Intel-manufactured IA-32 or Intel 64-based Macintosh computers; it is an implementation of the concept more generally known as a fat binary.With the release of Mac OS X Snow...
is not available, although version 1.07 and 1.08 will work on Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5 on Intel Macs.
The software uses the older TRM acoustic fingerprinting system which is discontinued by Musicbrainz and does not work any more. The author's website currently lists this software as deprecated. A download of the universal binary is not possible either.
See also
- MusicBrainzMusicBrainzMusicBrainz is a project that aims to create an open content music database. Similar to the freedb project, it was founded in response to the restrictions placed on the CDDB...
- MusicBrainz TaggerMusicBrainz TaggerThe MusicBrainz Tagger was the standard Windows MusicBrainz client. It supports the acoustic fingerprinting of MP3, FLAC, Vorbis and WAV audio formats with TRM...
- MusicBrainz PicardMusicBrainz PicardMusicBrainz Picard is a cross-platform MusicBrainz tag editor written in Python. Picard replaced an earlier "Classic" tagger is intended to be the next generation of tagger for MusicBrainz, with a focus on album-oriented tagging and cross platform compatibility.Since version 0.7.0, MusicBrainz...
- JaikozJaikozJaikoz is a Java program used for editing and mass tagging music file tags. Jaikoz generates acoustic fingerprints of your files and looks up the PUID and the existing metadata from the MusicBrainz or Discogs service...
- AmarokAmarok (audio)Amarok is a cross-platform free and open source music player for KDE, but is released independently of the central KDE Software Compilation release cycle...