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How does Shazam work?

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Re: How does Shazam work?

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Post by andai »

Animats wrote: post #8

Recognizing a recording isn't hard to do, because, for the same recording, the chords follow each other with precisely repeatable timing. That's been around for well over a decade. Recognizing a different recording, say, a, cover version, of the same song, is much more work. Audible Magic claims to be able to recognize multiple performances of the same songs, and even parodies.[1] Using, of course, "AI technology" an…

Why is this harder than "delete timing information" ?

Re: How does Shazam work?

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Post by thakoppno »

Perhaps obviously this is the same technique that enables ACR on TVs.

It occurs to me that Shazam has such a better reputation online because the intent and consent of the user is honored.

It makes me wonder if there couldn’t be an implementation on TVs that is similar and actually is a net positive for consumers. Basically would customers actually like TV ACR if the data wasn’t just going to sell more ads?

Re: How does Shazam work?

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Post by krustyburger »

thakoppno wrote: post #14

Perhaps obviously this is the same technique that enables ACR on TVs. It occurs to me that Shazam has such a better reputation online because the intent and consent of the user is honored. It makes me wonder if there couldn’t be an implementation on TVs that is similar and actually is a net positive for consumers. Basically would customers actually like TV ACR if the data wasn’t just going to sell more ads?

So the value-add would be the consumer would get to find out the name of the show or movie that’s playing, the same info that also pops up if they hit the pause button?
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