Do you have a patch?
On 2/6/08, Piotr Gaczkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dnia 05-02-2008, Wt o godzinie 08:42 -0500, Matt pisze: > > Hi All, > > I wasn't thinking so much of a plugin for moving the library, or a > > way for RB to manage my files for me. I do a lot of file management > > of my music with other tools. Some files get deleted, some get moved, > > and some get renamed. I was thinking that it would be nice if RB was > > smart enough to realize when a newly found file was just an older > > missing file with a new name. > > That's what I suggested! > > Using filesystem is deprecated. Everybody is leaving pure > filesystem-based management to some other means - tagging, metadata, > whatever. See for example GMail or PaperBox. Tree structure is dead. My > music files wander often, because I like to keep metadate up-to-date > with MusicBrainz library, so filenames aren't persistent. > > However there are things, which are persistent and doesn't change: PUID > for example or the MUSICBRAINZ_TRACK_ID in metadata. Checksums are not > good, because they cover whole files (with metadata) - the only good > solution would be checksumming only the audio part. > > Anyway, I put it once again, why Rhythmbox should have its own database > if Tracker already does the management itself? Heck, it even has support > for playlists and so on. Using native DB would only have sense if > Tracker is for some reasons disabled or not working correctly. > > Every move of a file would be seen by Tracker which would update the > location and always provide Rhythmbox with up-to-date data. Moreover: > all my private data, like ratings and whatnot could be then shared > between other applications which could use Tracker's Common Music DB. > Whether I use Quod Libet, Rhythmbox, Muine, Amarok or whatever - > everything would look the same. > > So why reinvent the wheel all over the time, when we really just need > Common Music DB and that's all? > > Piotr Gaczkowski > > _______________________________________________ > rhythmbox-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel > > >
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