Hi Colin, I've been thinking about something very similar - so I'd be interested in collaborating on something like this (time permitting, as always!). I've some experience writing plugins, so I can help with that.
Instead of dealing with the vaguery of badly-tagged files, I started with something much more reliable: importing a CD directly into the library. I currently have prototype code which rips-and-flacs a CD, tags it using MusicBrainz data, grabs album art off Amazon, moves the ripped music into the music directory and triggers a scan of that directory. It's by no means ready for prime time - very much proof-of-concept stuff! I've been meaning to tidy it up a little and then ask for comments on the Developers forum. It's Linux-only at present, because it calls out to the command-line for various operations; if you're on Mac and Windows this might not quite appeal to you. The idea of a drop directory is something I thought I'd tackle once I'd got CD importing working well - so sometime around 2015 :) The difficulty of getting the tags right in the general case (and dealing with potentially many different file formats, etc.) scares me somewhat. But there's obviously some overlap between the two problems. I'll try to get my prototype code good enough for other people to look at soon, hopefully this evening but no promises! In the meantime feel free to email me ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@com swapping . and @). Cheers, Ian -- iwp http://www.last.fm/user/iwp/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iwp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42091 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
