NCDI/Checksum
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* mod256 - clearly better than DiscID - this is only attributable to the difference in using frame-level offsets |
* mod256 - clearly better than DiscID - this is only attributable to the difference in using frame-level offsets |
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| − | * mod4096 - clearly better mod256 - more number for the checksum to spread over = less chance of duplication |
+ | * mod4096 - a clear improvement over mod256 - more numbers for the checksum to spread over = less chance of duplication |
* mod65536 - marginal improvement on mod4096 - not enough to be worthwhile using compared to mod4096 however |
* mod65536 - marginal improvement on mod4096 - not enough to be worthwhile using compared to mod4096 however |
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| − | I hope to have a graph of this available shortly... |
+ | The following graph shows respective counts of Unique and duplicate ID's for each type of ID. |
| + | [http://www.cheeky.house.cx/~nemo/visible/nudi/ncdi_countcompare-tracks_uniq.png the big confusing graph] |
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Revision as of 12:55, 3 May 2002
The checksum is handled by taking each track offset and summing them together, resulting in a "large number", which is then brought into the range of 0-4095 by applying mod4096.
- Why 4096 and not 255 or 65536?
- Short answer - Cos FFF in hex is a nice size for the checksum to be
Long answer...
DiscID checksum was based on
- track offsets in seconds
- mod 255 (it should have been mod256, but little difference I think)
NCDI checksum is based on
- track offsets in frames
I then tested with mod256, mod4096 and mod65536 to see how they fared.
- mod256 - clearly better than DiscID - this is only attributable to the difference in using frame-level offsets
- mod4096 - a clear improvement over mod256 - more numbers for the checksum to spread over = less chance of duplication
- mod65536 - marginal improvement on mod4096 - not enough to be worthwhile using compared to mod4096 however
The following graph shows respective counts of Unique and duplicate ID's for each type of ID. the big confusing graph
