This is a *GREAT* feature! I'm very excited to see this in MPD!!!!!! e.
On Jan 19, 2009, at 1:01 PM, Max Kellermann wrote: > Hi, > > yesterday, I have implemented a feature that has been awaited for a > very long time: the sticker database. It is a database where you can > attach additional information (name/value pairs) to objects, e.g. to > song files. The stickers are stored in a separate "sticker database" > (SQLite internally, --enable-sqlite, option "sticker_file"). > > Clients may add arbitrary names and values, currently heavily limited > by the MPD protocol (no newlines, no binary, UTF-8 only). The > meaning of the stickers is up to the client, MPD does not care at > all. One feature which was requested by many many users is the song > ratings. > > Other suggestions were collected by Rasmus "Rasi" Steinke in the file > doc/sticker.xml. The client devs should agree on some basic > standards, that's why we created that file. Accepting patches for > that file! > > There is the new command "sticker" which enables clients to access the > stickers of a song file. Its operations are limited to "get" and > "set" > currently, no enumeration yet. It might be useful to have variations > of the "playlistinfo"/"lsinfo" commands which include some sticker > values, to keep the network latency down. > > Awaiting your comments now. This is work in progress, and the concept > may change in the near future. > > Max > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > Musicpd-dev-team mailing list > Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team -- Eric Wollesen eric.wolle...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team
