JSonnabend Wrote: > > Well, you and Snarlydwarf make a good point about -portable- players. > So strike "portable" and you're left with the proper statement, namely, > that tags were created so that -players-, portable or otherwise, could > display information about the file. >
And since a squeezebox itself won't display anything at all, tags were created so that Slimserver could display information about the file... > > Presently, tags are only a real necessity for portables, hence my > earlier, slightly erroneous statement. > They are also necessary for portability, not just "portables" -- you can use your tool of choice: tag&rename, mp3tag, musicbrainz, winamp, xmms, windows media player, itunes... and other programs and players will automatically know what song you are talking about. Slimserver's SQL schema doesn't have anywhere near that portability. (Nor does SQL itself.. if the S stood for Standard, then, sure, you could even make Slimserver directly access your Access database and you could keep "last played" and "number of times played" information right in Access... but SQL has never been that portable despite attempted standardizations.) The defacto standards of id3/vorbis/ape/etc tags beats any other method for portability. -- snarlydwarf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24093 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
