bpa wrote:
> For LMS to "know"about a file - it needs to be scanned and that means
> updating the LMS scanner about MOD. I think you'd be better off
> converting the MOD files to a know format such as Flac.
Okay, so this means the scanner is not extensible, right? I think I
underestimated the task a bit. Proper support imho means:
- a directory full of .MOD files can be added just as easily as any
other directory containing MP3, OGG, FLAC, whatever
- MOD files are identified in player devices by their title or file
name in the library
- MOD files are converted in-line as they are selected to be played.
Permanent conversion into a different format is not required / not
desirable to keep hard disk consumption low and to enable dynamic
adding of files to the directory without the need to convert them for
making them available
- tagging functionality is reduced of course but it should be possible
to assign a common tag like composer = Amiga or something to make all
modules easily selectable
- it is possible to add MOD files to a playlist just like any other
media file
- while a MOD file is being played, it is possible to jump back and
forth in the "timeline"
- some settings like spatial audio, filters etc. can be adjusted
through a dedicated LMS plugin page
If that's not possible, I can live with it - eventually did so for years
now. Listening to the good old modules on my main Hi-Fi set today was
kind of gorgeous despite the bad support in the UI.
Another very stony way out of this mess might be a "virtual" MP3
directory shell extension, similar to many backup solutions which allow
to mount their backup archives as a file system in which the user can
browse down to any single file. It would present a lot of tagged MP3
files which never actually exist, each of which mirrors a respective
.MOD file. The mounted structure could be scanned like a normal
directory and LMS's scanner would never know the difference... Okay,
this is getting crazy.
Anyway, thanks anyone for your input.
Cheers,
Joe
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