mherger wrote: > > > If the cataloging and display of local artist images ends up working > > well, is there a chance that it could be incorporated into the base > > server, rather than a plugin? IMO, the ideal would be to make it a > part > > of the standard library scanning. > > I'm tempted to say no. IMHO the main code should be as lean as possible.
That's reasonable. Could I then suggest that you break out 'artist local artwork' into its own plugin? Maybe include that plugin with the server (disabled or enabled, doesn't really matter). By the same logic behind wanting to keep the server lean, you probably don't want plugins that do 10 different things. I think this would be some nice functionality, but I have no need for the remote retrieval of info or images. > I'd even be tempted to disable some of the default plugins. I've always thought that should be done anyway. > > > You'll need to create and publish some standard rules for character > > substitutions of illegal characters in names so that a filename can > be > > derived from all names. For instance, if I have the artist > > And that's the big pain point in this. Typos, different spellings etc. > can > be a big pain in the but for this kind of job. That's why the artist.jpg > > in an album folder has its validity still... I don't think it's that big of a problem. The simplest would be to just remove illegal characters. It is, however, complicated by different file systems and the different rules for characters that are allowed. I don't see how a single artist.jpg file in a folder could work, due to the possibility of having ALBUMARTIST, ARTIST and COMPOSER tags in files. And for compilation albums, where ARTISTs are different, the only option becomes the use of embedded images. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99537 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
