On 16 December 2010 02:09, David Hall <dmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is part of an earlier email I had composed in response to AlexP but > never sent. I think it works here just as well... > > On 12/15/2010 07:11 PM, Paul Louden wrote: > > To be fair it could be handled like the recording folder, with a "Set as > > resumable folder" or something, allowing the user the freedom to select > > which folder it is rather than forcing a specific one. > > > > But I still feel that whether it's just files within one folder, or all > > files, or even "all files over 10 minutes long" or some other criteria > > based on tags or whatever, there's still other problems too. > > Well I don't see many ways it can be accomplished. > A - location bases defining of podcasts and or audiobooks (hereafter > referred to as simply podcasts). > B - File extension based defining. > C - File metadata (tag) based defining. > D - Rockbox-specific metadata not stored in the file. > > Solution A is the subject of this particular subthread. > Solution B doesn't address Paul's concerns either. > Solution C doesn't pass what I like to call the "vacation test". If I'm > away from home, using a family member or friend's computer, needing a > specific piece of PC software to make Rockbox behave is almost as bad as > forcing the user to install iTunes. ;) > I don't think I need to bring up arguments against solution D. ;) > > I'm very much against anything which doesn't pass the "vacation test". > I spend a great deal of my life out of town and away from my primary > computers. Not having to add specific tags to an audio file is very > important to me. I imagine I am not alone in that. > > I don't mind too much if a specific folder initiates it, perhaps chosen as Paul suggests rather than hard coded (In fact, could multiple be chosen?), but I would object to this being the only way. A combination of A and C perhaps.
Alex
