Talk:Amarok (Mike Oldfield album)

message: "It is next to impossible to isolate any one section of Amarok without it seeming out of place... though Oldfield has played excerpts from time to time."
An apparent contradiction there... Lee M 01:47, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: — To be fair, it IS perfectly possible to excerpt an Incantations-length track from it, precisely starting like the Elements excerpt at 44:47, but up to the end of the album, for a precisely 15:15 track – that's the tryout excerpt I make people listen to, and no one felt it not right ;-) ←<SUP>#6  </SUP><SUB>talk</SUB> 01:41, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parts 

message: "Amarok transcript - Complete and verbatim (on a stable Archive.org link)"
Ironically, this link does not work (at least it did not when I tried it).
:It works just fine for me (I'm not the original commenter). Laugh Tough (talk) 15:36, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: I have made some changes to the body text that, I hope, improve NPOV of the article. I'haven't removed the banners yet as I've not gone through all of the text.  While I've added an extra citation to reflect some of the writing in the lead para, I don't believe there are still enough there. I haven't managed to add any more. For that reason, I've left the banners in place as I believe that, while improved slightly, the article can still be moved further. Illuminatusds; talk 18:11, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Banners 

message: On a Mac, in Terminal.app use the command below in the folder containing the iTunes M4A file containing an ALAC-encoded copy of Amarok to convert the existing M4A into one with chapters. Then import the output file "outfile.m4a" into iTunes. The file ALBUM.meta it a text file containing the chapter metadata shown underneath this command, which needs to be placed in the same folder as the input M4A file. This metadata has been derived from the movement times shown on the main Wikipedia page.
When the file is played an additional Chapters menu will appear, providing direct access to the individual movements.
The same command may also work on Windows but has not been tried.
For ffmpeg go to http://www.ffmpeg.org.
 ffmpeg -i 01\ Amarok.m4a -i ALBUM.meta -map 0:0 -map_metadata 1 -c:a:0 copy -vn outfile.m4a
ALBUM.meta contents:
 ;FFMETADATA1
 major_brand=M4V
 minor_version=0
 artist=Mike Oldfield
 album_artist=Mike Oldfield
 album=Amarok
 genre=Rock
 compilation=0
 gapless_playback=0
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=0
 END=15200
 title=Fast Riff Intro
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=15200
 END=34600
 title=Intro
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=34600
 END=37800
 title=Climax I – 12 Strings
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=37800
 END=44000
 title=Soft Bodhran
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=44000
 END=51500
 title=Rachmaninov I
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=51500
 END=56900
 title=Soft Bodhran 2
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=56900
 END=59600
 title=Rachmaninov II
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=59600
 END=64200
 title=Roses
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=64200
 END=76500
 title=Reprise I – Intro
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=76500
 END=79600
 title=Scot
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=79600
 END=90000
 title=Didlybom
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=90000
 END=95600
 title=Mad Bit
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=95600
 END=97100
 title=Run In
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=97100
 END=108000
 title=Hoover
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=108000
 END=119700
 title=Fast Riff
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=119700
 END=131700
 title=Lion
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=131700
 END=142200
 title=Fast Waltz
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=142200
 END=147300
 title=Stop
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=147300
 END=148600
 title=Mad Bit 2
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=148600
 END=150600
 title=Fast Waltz 2
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=150600
 END=156700
 title=Mandolin
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=156700
 END=158300
 title=Intermission
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=158300
 END=176700
 title=Boat
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=176700
 END=192700
 title=Intro Reprise 2
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=192700
 END=199300
 title=Big Roses
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=199300
 END=206400
 title=Green Green
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=206400
 END=216400
 title=Slow Waltz
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=216400
 END=222500
 title=Lion Reprise
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=222500
 END=226700
 title=Mandolin Reprise
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=226700
 END=239000
 title=TV am / Hoover / Scot
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=239000
 END=254200
 title=Fast Riff Reprise
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=254200
 END=261200
 title=Boat Reprise
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=261200
 END=265200
 title=12 Rep / Intro Waltz
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=265200
 END=268600
 title=Green Reprise
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=268600
 END=288100
 title=Africa I: Far Build
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=288100
 END=292600
 title=Africa I: Far Dip
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=292600
 END=297200
 title=Africa I: Pre Climax
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=297200
 END=302400
 title=Africa I: 12 Climax
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=302400
 END=306000
 title=Africa I: Climax I
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=306000
 END=307700
 title=Africa II: Bridge
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=307700
 END=309400
 title=Africa II: Riff
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=309400
 END=311200
 title=Africa II: Boats
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=311200
 END=313000
 title=Africa II: Bridge II
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=313000
 END=326300
 title=Africa II: Climax II
 [CHAPTER]
 TIMEBASE=1/100
 START=326300
 END=360220
 title=Africa III: Baker  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.159.73.165 (talk) 19:05, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding direct access chapters to an iTunes ALAC-encoded M4A file