erland wrote: > Robin Bowes;273337 Wrote: >> This could be made customisable by the user in the following way: >> >> 1. Define a placeholder tag called "USER_EXTRA" >> 2. Allow the user to specify what tags should be collated into >> "USER_EXTRA". This could be a simple list: >> >> PERFORMER, CONDUCTOR, ENSEMBLE >> >> Or could be more complicated to allow the user to define the format of >> >> the USER_EXTRA tag. >> >> 3. The user can then add the USER_EXTRA placeholder to the format >> strings, e.g.: >> >> TRACKNUM. TITLE from ALBUM by ARTIST (USER_EXTRA) >> >> Does that sound like a reasonable approach? >> >> I've not thought it through much further, but it seems like that would >> >> work for me. >> >> Anyone got any comments or suggestions? >> > Isn't the format strings only used for the first track part in the web > interface (The part before the "from") ? > > At least my selected format string is: > TRACKNUM. TITLE (TRACKSTATRATINGDYNAMIC) > And the result is that I see something like this in the web interface: > 10. Shades Of Michelangelo ( * * *) from Runaway Horses by Belinda > Carlisle > > So your suggestion is great, but I think we will also need a way to > enter format strings for the artist part and album part of the string > visible in the web interface if it should work. > > Also make sure that the things entered in USER_EXTRA is title formats, > not tags. The reason is that if title formats is used it will be > possible for any plugin to add its own keys which the user can use in > the USER_EXTRA value.
Erland, I don't know any of the details here, but I'll look into your plugins to get some inspiration. This is all blue sky stuff as far as I'm concerned - I've done no serious investigation into how it works in SC. R. _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
