Hi, On 01.04.2014 00:43, Thomas Mayer wrote: > Hi, > > On 31.03.2014 11:11, Patrick Shirkey wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Can anyone think of a way to automate the creation of a music track from >> the metadata embedded in an image track? > > I haven't worked with metadata yet, but did some experiments in > sonification. Here is what I would do: > > Analyse the format of EXIF data. What is actually encoded? What is > varying from image to image, camera to camera? Try to get a fair sample > size to see the data. > > Try to convert the data to numbers, that can be interpreted as notes, > frequency, duration, volume. If not all parameters can be set, then use > some sane defaults. Some more information: Have a look at ExifTool to get the data: http://petapixel.com/2012/05/25/hack-your-exif-data-from-the-command-line-five-fun-uses-for-exiftool/ And here are some examples for ExifTool usage: http://petapixel.com/2012/05/25/hack-your-exif-data-from-the-command-line-five-fun-uses-for-exiftool/ Have fun, Thomas -- "As long as people kept worrying that the machines were taking over, they wouldn't notice what was really happening. Which was that the programmers were taking over." (Robert Anton Wilson - The Homing Pidgeons) http://www.residuum.org/ _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
