Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS and mapping of EXIF image fields

2011-09-01 Thread Michael Herger
Michael probably just chose ImageDescription because it looked like a good field. The requirement basically was show image's description if possible. So that's what I ended up with. I do understand it's not very helpful in your case. But why would a camera vendor seriously believe it was a

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS and mapping of EXIF image fields

2011-09-01 Thread erland
mherger;654558 Wrote: Michael probably just chose ImageDescription because it looked like a good field. The requirement basically was show image's description if possible. So that's what I ended up with. I do understand it's not very helpful in your case. But why would a camera

[SlimDevices: Beta] LMS and mapping of EXIF image fields

2011-08-31 Thread erland
Have anyone else tried LMS with their photo library and a UPnP client ? My first reflection is that when I view it with PlugPlayer the main title of my photos shown are: - Photos taken with my old Olympus C700UZ: OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA - Photos taken with my old Minolta DImage A1: Minolta DCS -

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS and mapping of EXIF image fields

2011-08-31 Thread Andy Grundman
Yeah, I can see this opening up a whole can of worms, Exif seems way worse than audio tagging when it comes to standards. ___ beta mailing list beta@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS and mapping of EXIF image fields

2011-08-31 Thread andyg
FYI currently the image title logic is very simple: XPTitle or ImageDescription, then filename. Would certainly welcome any suggestions on improving this. I would like to stay away from camera-specific hacks though, if at all possible. -- andyg

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS and mapping of EXIF image fields

2011-08-31 Thread erland
andyg;654402 Wrote: Yeah, I can see this opening up a whole can of worms, Exif seems way worse than audio tagging when it comes to standards. Does the Media::Scan module have a scanner plugin API in same way as the old audio scanner have ? So a plugin can get a call when a image is scanned

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS and mapping of EXIF image fields

2011-08-31 Thread Andy Grundman
On Aug 31, 2011, at 12:53 PM, erland wrote: andyg;654402 Wrote: Yeah, I can see this opening up a whole can of worms, Exif seems way worse than audio tagging when it comes to standards. Does the Media::Scan module have a scanner plugin API in same way as the old audio scanner have ? So

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS and mapping of EXIF image fields

2011-08-31 Thread erland
andyg;654409 Wrote: FYI currently the image title logic is very simple: XPTitle or ImageDescription, then filename. Would certainly welcome any suggestions on improving this. I would like to stay away from camera-specific hacks though, if at all possible. The issue for me is that I don't

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS and mapping of EXIF image fields

2011-08-31 Thread andyg
Michael probably just chose ImageDescription because it looked like a good field. But obviously it's not being used as a real image description. BTW I just checked in API hooks for new images and videos. They are slightly different than tracks. -- andyg

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS and mapping of EXIF image fields

2011-08-31 Thread MrSinatra
andyg;654402 Wrote: Exif seems way worse than audio tagging when it comes to standards. yeah, as i recall they were to blame for a GD server killing bug i filed, (or to be more precise, GD's handling of them). i've used several apps for photo viewing, (like WD, tivo, etc) and they all seem to

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] LMS and mapping of EXIF image fields

2011-08-31 Thread erland
MrSinatra;654440 Wrote: i've used several apps for photo viewing, (like WD, tivo, etc) and they all seem to basically use filenames and folder location. so for photos, its seems that the BMF method, if you will, is what they expect or try to get users to do. the better ones allow you to