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What Info Do You Want In JAM Labels?

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Clitheroe KidJun 11, 2009
 

 
You quoted selectively from my e-mail.

As my complete e-mail made clear, I am in favour of the standard OTR naming
system whereby the file name includes the series number, the episode number,
and the broadcast date.

Although the system used on your website is not confusing, because it gives
all that information (and, in addition, a sequential number), it would be
confusing to name a file by giving only its sequential number (between 1 and
infinity) because all OTR websites and collectors use date, series and
episode number to identify programmes.

For example:
Just A Minute - s01e01 1967-12-22 - Excuses for Being Late.mp3

It would be impossible to match your sequential numbering against an OTR
collection on another website, because OTR collectors do not quote
sequential numbers to identify files.

Thus if I say I am looking for episode number 182 or 259, an OTR webmaster
will not know which episode I am trying to find. I would have to tell him,
for example, I wanted series 1 episode 1 broadcast on 22 December 1967.

It's entirely up to you how you organise JAM labels. Someone asked what
information needed to be included, and I am letting you know what would be
most helpful when comparing files with those on other OTR websites.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Bedford" <dbedford@...>
To: <just-a-minute@...>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] What Info Do You Want In JAM Labels?


>
> On Thursday, June 11, 2009, at 11:30 PM, Clitheroe Kid wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > As an Old Time Radio collector, the essential items of information I
> > need
> > are the series number, episode number, and date. Most old-time radio
> > collections on the internet are catalogued that way.
> >
> > Old Time Radio collectors do not use Dean's system of numbering: from 1
> > to
> > infinity, beginning with s01e01 as number 1. That results in confusion.
> > You
> > can't match an episode against the OTR collections and lists available
> > on-line if all you know is it's episode number 182 or 259.
>
> You're the first person in my 10 years of running the list that has
> called my lists confusing.
>
> And you're incorrect too because if you look at the site it actually has
> both the numbers within each season AND the overall number. That's "my
> system" though the phrase gives me too much credit.
>
> I know many old time radio collectors - I am one myself. People compile
> their own lists in their own way but I've until today had no-one call
> the very clear and detailed information I have provided confusing.
>

 
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