2006-07-29: Bob Copeland dixit:
> On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 07:10:11PM +0200, EV wrote:
> > 2006-07-29: Keith Bennett dixit:
> > > I see that there is a very fancy algorithm for generating the
> > > correct rid for a file in lk_generate_rid(). What is it used
> > > for exactly? Would it make any noticable difference if it was
> > > generated incorrectly?
> > 
> > I've thoroughly checked: rid-less files are perfectly handled by 
> > the RK.
> 
> I thought the rid was used for synchronization.  Remember there
> was some marketing stuff that said that RMM would not copy
> dupes even if they had different tags; I always figured this
> was done by comparing the rids (md5s of parts of the audio
> data).

This seems correct.  But not libkarma/riocp or lkarmafs care
about rid's or dupes...  And I think the same is true for rmml.  
Do you think we should address this issue?

As with the duration property, this would be troublesome for
lkarmafs...

Best,
EV.

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