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From: Vishesh Handa
Sent: Tuesday 1 April 2014 2:49 PM
To: Shantanu Tushar Jha
Cc: kde-commits@kde.org
Subject: Re: [plasma-mediacenter] plugins: Add a basic Filesystem media sou=
rce which is supposed to be very simple and only scan the home dir.

On Monday, March 31, 2014 11:56:31 PM Shantanu Tushar Jha wrote:
> > +
> > +bool FilesystemSearchMediaSource::checkAndAddFile(const QFileInfo&
> > fileInfo) +{
> > + const QString mimeType =3D KMimeType::findByUrl(
> > + KUrl::fromLocalFile(fileInfo.absoluteFilePath()))->name();
> > +
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> Warning: This will cause very high io usage since it is looking into the
> file to determine the mimetype. And considering that you're doing this for
> every file in $HOME ...
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> Yeah, I initially used KMimeType::findByPath exactly because of this but =
it
> always returned application/octet-stream for mp3 files. Ever happened to
> you?

Yup. Totally depends on the file name. If it ends with .mp3, then it will b=
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detected correctly, otherwise it ends up being an octet stream.

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> Also, just to make things clear, this plugin is just for those few people
> who's want to try PMC on a non-KDE installation (as few such users asked
> for it). Might even write a plugin for Tracker et al (if that is still the
> stuff used on other DEs).

http://commits.kde.org/baloo/a7377e0cca4f63ca4ce56bef87ac1f82dd219970

:D

You may want to go the traditional route and add a list of folders where=20
content should be looked for. Searching the entire $HOME is expensive AND i=
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does not cover media mounted somewhere else. Eg - external media.

Also, this is in the plan once we get a way to let the user configure stuff=
. There are few things still need to be sorted out.=E2=80=8E

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Vishesh Handa