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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 96719] New: filter tracks by XML tags in description field
From:       Miles Stevenson <miles () mstevenson ! org>
Date:       2005-01-10 18:14:10
Message-ID: 20050110191406.96719.miles () mstevenson ! org
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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96719        
           Summary: filter tracks by XML tags in description field
           Product: amarok
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Compiled Sources
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: amarok-bugs-dist lists sourceforge net
        ReportedBy: miles mstevenson org


Version:            (using KDE Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources

I use the Comments field in each songs' tag to track further information that is \
important to me but usually ignored by music players. I'm beginning to go back \
through my collection and store this info in an XML-friendly way, to make parsing \
easier. Example:

<Composer>Gil Evans</Composer>
<Arranger>Miles Davis</Arranger>
<Producer>Teo Macero</Producer>
<Player>
  <Name>Miles Davis</Name>
     <Instrument>Trumpet</Instrument>
     <Instrument>Flugelhorn</Instrument>
</Player>

<Player>
  <Name>Wynton Kelly</Name>
  <Instrument>Piano</Instrument>
</Player>

While I hope to use this later, possibly for my own applications, it would be great \
to make filtering by this info easier within Amarok. It would be great if Amarok \
would give me the power to filter by Producer, or Composer, or anything else I track \
via XML tags. As a music teacher that needs to search a large database of recorded \
music for students, being able to search for "tunes in the key of B-flat" would be a \
godsend! 

I imagine a filtering interface where the tags are recognized, and added as \
searchable fields inside the drop-down lists found in the "Create Smart Playlist" \
dialogue. I could pull down the list and select "Composer", and then input "Wayne \
Shorter".


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