The present invention discloses method and system of encoding audio information (e.g., music, speech, etc.) from an analog medium (e.g., vinyl recordings, cassette tapes, etc.) into a compressed, track-oriented, digital format using attribute information and silence detection. The invention generates...http://www.google.de/patents/US6560577?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6560577 - Process for encoding audio from an analog medium into a compressed digital format using attribute information and silence detection