mherger wrote: > > Would it be possible for a plugin to just "scan more and put in the > > native db"? I think you did this with FTS. If it's in there, couldn't > it > > be used for virtual libraries? > > It certainly could be done in a plugin. But that plugin would have to > implement a lot of what a "core" integration would require, too. Scanner > > code, database code to store/retrieve the additional information, custom > > browse modes. It's software, it can be done. But it's a lot of work.
I know it's a lot of work. I just wanted to be sure you understand the problem (or maybe just my problem, but Custom Browse & Scan says otherwise), because you said > a feature I myself neither use nor even fully understand The feature would be, you can browse classical music as classical music is browsed: An album is not a work. A work can have more than one album and an album can contain more than one work. That's no special case but the rule. I also own several albums that have more than one recording of the same work on it. With the proposed tags implemented, it would be possible to browse genres, see the composers available, the works available, and the recordings available. As an example: You want to hear a symphony, but you don't know what, yet. Neither the composer, nor the artist. You want to browse your collection. You go to Genre and select Symphonies. You get a list of all composers that have symphonies as a genre tag. You select a composer. You get a list of all works (grouping tag or whatever) that are composed by the selected composer that are symphonies. You select one. You get a list of all recordings that you have of that symphony (To distinguish them, cover, artist, etc. won't suffice. So you need the recording tag. That's why ALL major classical music comes with "notable recordings". They don't show just say that artist, that conductor or that year. You need all of that. With Pink Floyd it'd be: You know the "Wish you were here" album? With Scriabin it's you know that Sonata? Great, you know that recording? It's a different path then Artist / Album. It's Composer / Work / Recording. Always.) mherger wrote: > FTS is different, as it's being used for nothing but search. And it's > not a pure plugin implementation either. There's a few lines in the core > > code to hook in to the plugin's code. > > > Sorry for being persistent, but I think this would be a great > > opportunity. > > A great opportunity for a plugin or pull request ;-) That, too. Seeing your smiley I kind of feel bad to deprive my last one of his or her nose. I hope I could help you understand the problem and the "feature" I propose. Which language do I have to learn to create that plugin that would Change the way you listen to music forever(TM)? QLMS [email protected] x64 (digimaster) with perl 5.28 dedicated to me. :D / QNAP 469L QTS 4.3.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dolodobendan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=67663 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110708 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
