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I know books have ISBN numbers, is there no similar system for CDs? (Or is that model outdated in an age of buying singles on iTunes)
by dontbenebby 7y ago
I know books have ISBN numbers, is there no similar system for CDs? (Or is that model outdated in an age of buying singles on iTunes)
- 33degrees 7y agoYes, they’re called ISRC ids. But while they’re used to uniquely identify audio recordings, they don’t solve the problem of metadata being wrong or getting stripped during transfers
- dmitriid 7y agoA book is usually a single work attributable to a single author (or a group of authors). And you don't usually stream a book as "let's stream pages 175 to 185" [1] In case of music assigning ISBNs to CDs doesn't really work because people more often than not listen to, stream and broadcast individual tracks. And there's no global ID system for individual tracks. This becomes even more messy when you consider that "Original performance 1983", "remastered 1994", "best of 2003" and "Japanese Christmas Special 2013" are all different tracks (even if it's the same track with the same song), often has different distributors and rights holders, and people will fight to the death defending a particular version :) [1] Audiobooks are a slightly different beast, but they are still much easier to match to an author.
- dontbenebby 7y agoAh thanks. I (wrongly) assumed tracks also got some kind of ID.
- zimpenfish 7y ago> And there's no global ID system for individual tracks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Recording_Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Recordi... is exactly this, no?