Darren New wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> MP3 defines ID3 for storing basic metadata about the track.
> 
> No it doesn't. That was tacked on long after the format was standardized 
> and popular. Hence the obvious kludginess of the format.

As in, http://www.id3.org/History

They just found a way to make an MP3 player say "oh, I must have picked this 
stream up in the middle. I'll wait for a sync flag so I know I'm at the 
boundary of a chunk."  Other than the need to kludge it into a streaming 
medium that wasn't designed for such things, it's actually a pretty nicely 
designed format.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   The NFL should go international. I'd pay to
   see the Detroit Lions vs the Roman Catholics.

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