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List:       amarok
Subject:    Re: Database Features (suggestions)
From:       Jeff Mitchell <kde-dev () emailgoeshere ! com>
Date:       2007-01-29 22:32:27
Message-ID: 20070129223227.p3xq2g40kk4gws0k () mail ! emailgoeshere ! com
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Michael--

Amarok remembers removable media too. The feature is called Dynamic Collection and \
works well so long as your KDE has hal support compiled in.  Check the wiki for more \
details or drop by #amarok.

Could you explain what you mean by CD labeling?

As for database features...Amarok lives and breathes on a database.  I think you may \
just not know how to use the features  :-)  Check things out like Smart Playlists, \
Labels, different Collection Browser views, the Context browser as you play songs, \
Dynamic Collection, Amarok File Tracking..

If there is some specific database-related feature you are missing, then provide some \
details and we can tell you if it's actually inside. Otherwise you could file a \
feature request (Wishlist item) at bugs.kde.org.

--Jeff


----- Message from michaelangelgp@gmail.com -----


> Hi,
> 
> I'm new on the list. I read on the FAQ that ideas and suggestions were
> accepted on the list so I decided to give it a go. Just to set you on
> track let me tell you I'm not using the svg version but 1.4.4 on
> Gentoo. Excuse me if the ideas proposed are not suitable for Amarok or
> are out of the features Amarok wants to offer. I'm also aware that the
> FF series is in its end but I thought it interesting to expose my
> ideas anyway.
> 
> Before using Amarok, i used prokyon3
> (http://prokyon3.sourceforge.net/) to keep my music database. Amarok
> preforms as a "player" much better than prokyon3. It also has a better
> display of artwork and information. In fact, prokyon3 uses external
> programs for those features (being able to choose Amarok as a player
> if desired). Now, I believe that prokyon3 preforms better in the
> database/tag editing functions. Obviously, this is an opinion but I
> specially like 2 features from this program. The first is the way it
> keeps removable media in the database and "labels" CDs so you can know
> what cd your song is on. I do realise that in a world where hard drive
> prices are decreasing this is a relatively unimportant feature,
> nevertheless it's specially useful for those of us with older
> computers. The second feature I'd like to highlight is the tag editing
> options it provides. All in all I get a better database experience on
> prokyon3 than on Amarok. Unfortunately I'm not aware of why this is
> so. If there are any other prokyon3 users around could they provide
> some reasons?
> 
> To resume, being Amarok my music player I miss some of the options of
> a more database like program. I'm not saying Amarok should adopt these
> features and I understand that Amarok is a music player and not a
> database frontend but, with music collections growing in size should
> more database related feature be considered? Thanks for your time and
> thank you for your work on the best player around.
> 
> Michael
> 
> (Please note all the ideas exposed are not mine but from the prokyon3
> project that is GPLed)
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