thanks to everyone that responded so fast. i was unaware of the hidden feature, and will play around with it a bit.
On 8/12/06, James Doc Livingston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ID3 tags (i.e. MP3s): works okay with both GStreamer 0.10 and 0.8, newer > versions are better. > > FLAC tags: works for GStreamer 0.8, and would work for 0.10 if the > 'flactag' element got ported. I started doing that a while back, but > never quite got around to finishing it. > > Vorbis tags (i.e. Ogg Vorbis): Requires my new 'vorbistag' element which > hasn't gotten into GStreamer cvs yet, as it's waiting for a bug in the > 'oggmux' element to be fixed first. I have a patch for the oggmux bug, > but it needs careful review to ensure it doesn't break anything. > Rhythmbox will support editing Ogg Vorbis files as soon as those two > things are in GStreamer. sounds great, it is good to see that support is already that far! > > As well as the technical side, we need to improve the interface for > editing tags in Rhythmbox. If you have any suggestions (or code) we've > happy to hear. In particular, things that need some work are: > > * In the "song properties" window, it isn't clear whether it's editable > or not (we should "disbable" the entry somehow) this is what bugged me up front (and led me to the conclusion that editing was not supported at all) - my recent ubuntu packaged versions displayed song info in edit boxes that implied being editable - while they were not... > > * You can use the Properties windows on multiple files to edit them at > one, what should happen when some of the files are editable and some > aren't? > this is a tough one. common user interface standards don't agree here either. disallowing tag editing as soon as one file is not editable is the most coherent... > * Being able to right click on an artist/album and say "Rename" and have > it change all your files would be nice. see below... > > * And many more things - there are several filed in bugzilla i will sift through these asap, but what went to my attention immediately is this one: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326054 (Add "Live" tag editing in entry views) this is what i had in mind, editing caps directly inside the list views. gtkpod does that in recent versions... the killer feature is that you gain a ui for artist/album editing on whole lists for free. have a look at the gtkpod implementation: it is really nice. regards, peter. _______________________________________________ rhythmbox-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel
