Talk:Amarok (Mike Oldfield album)

Parts

"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)

It is. Mike's played excerpts of it during concerts and on entertainment shows, but it always seems out of place when he starts (just launches into it) and they usually end it by fading it out because there's almost nowhere to stop "correctly". The Elements single-disc excerpt starts at Africa and fades out about two minutes later, for example, and it just doesn't sound right. User:Inky

— 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 ;-) ←^#6  _talk 01:41, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

External links

"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)

Banners

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)

Adding direct access chapters to an iTunes ALAC-encoded M4A file

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) 

meaning

amarok was the name of a dog in a novel.