[mb-devel] Mad phat FreeDB DiscID Rampage

[Robert Kaye]

On Oct 14, 2005, at 6:54 PM, Ben wrote:

>
> On Oct 14, 2005, at 12:51 PM, Robert Kaye wrote:
>
>>
>> Its computed for each actual TOC -- so the latter.
>>
>
> OK, but then I'm still confused. I see 12 TOCs. Each TOC has 9  
> tracks. Are you computing:
>
> a) stddev of track 1 for the 12 albums, stddev of track 2 for the  
> 12 abums, etc., resulting in 9 values
> b) stddev of the total play time for the 12 albums, resulting in 1  
> value
> c) stddev of the track lengths in each album, resulting in 12 values
> d) stddev of all the union of all track lengths for all the 12  
> albums, resulting in 1 value
> e) something completely different

e.

1. For each track, calculate the difference between the length of  
that track and the length of a track on a perfect CD. (one value for  
each track)
2. Compute the standard deviation of the values from #1, which gives  
one value overall

If that is not clear, I better send the code. :)

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