┌───────────────────────────[ AUDIOBOOKS 101 ]───────────────────────────┐ │ : : │ │ │ │ Let's make the difference between DAISY and none DAISY audiobooks clear │ │ once and for all... │ │ │ │ 1st, DAISY books are produced for people with reading disabilities and │ │ are none comercial (i.e. you can not buy them in the shops, you have to │ │ get them through your local library). │ │ │ │ 2nd, DAISY books when read include things such as the reader letting │ │ us know he/she's reading a blank page, quotation mark and so forth. │ │ │ │ 3rd, DAISY books are read by professional narrators and audiobooks are │ │ read by hired actors. │ │ │ │ Finally a quotation from "talboks- och punktskriftsbiblioteket" the │ │ producers of DAISY audiobooks in swedish: │ │ │ │ ─r det nσgon skillnad pσ ljudb÷cker och talb÷cker? │ │ │ │ Ja. Ljudb÷cker Σr kommersiellt utgivna och kan k÷pas i handeln. │ │ Talb÷cker kan endast g÷ras med st÷d av 17 º i UpphovsrΣttslagen av │ │ dem som har regeringens tillstσnd och lσnas pσ bibliotek av personer │ │ med lΣshandikapp. │ │ │ ┌────────────────────────────[ SCENE RULES ]─────────────────────────────┐ │ : : │ │ │ │ Apart from the below stated rules just follow the normal mp3 releasing │ │ standards and apply some common sense. │ │ │ │ Remember it's supposed to be fun... │ │ │ │ 1, GENERAL │ │ │ │ 1.1 Always populate both ID3v1 and ID3v2, this is important for │ │ proper playback. │ │ │ │ 1.2 Always include author and title in the tracknames to avoid dupes, │ │ the title may be an abbreviation. │ │ │ │ 1.3 All releases must be labeled so they include: │ │ │ │ Author │ │ Title │ │ PublicationYear (see 1.4) │ │ Format (see 2.1 and 3.1) │ │ Language │ │ ReleaseYear │ │ Group │ │ │ │ for example: Author-Title-PubYear-Format-Language-RelYear-Grp │ │ │ │ 1.4 If publication year of the recording and if the publication date │ │ of the book doesn't differ the publication year should be excluded │ │ │ │ 2, AUDIOBOOKS │ │ │ │ 2.1 The format type is always AUDIOBOOK. │ │ │ │ 2.2 Must be encoded using VBR. │ │ │ │ 3, DAISYBOOKS │ │ │ │ 3.1 The format type is always DAISY-AUDIOBOOK. │ │ │ │ 3.2 Original encoding must remain untouched (no reencoding allowed). │ │ │ │ 3.3 Must include working smil files in an archive, working smil files │ │ can be done in one of the following ways: │ │ │ │ [Option1] Include batch files for tracknames, must be able to │ │ rename daisy->release and release->daisy. │ │ │ │ [Option2] Patch the smil files to work with the release names. │ │ │ │ Signed, │ │ AB,ALL4,iLiGHT,LzY and x3m │ │ │