Re: [Banshee-List] Metadata - ratings and tagging

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Allan wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I'm new to the list (though not to Banshee)!
> 
> A brief explanation of my situation: I use Banshee on two machines, a
> desktop and a laptop. I have my full music collection (MP3, ogg vorbis)
> on the desktop, and have part of my music collection on the laptop (I
> synchronise this part of the music collection).
> 
> This leads me to the following question: does anyone know of a way for
> me to share the rating data from one machine with the rating data on the
> other one (either by sharing part of my database, or writing the rating
> metadata to my audio files)?
I second this request. I have the same problem.

> Also: I have heard mention of plans to implement tagging in Banshee (a
> wicked idea, in my opinion!). Does anyone know if this will be
> happening? If it does, will it be implemented in a way that avoids the
> problem I am currently having with my rating metadata?
IMO tagging should not be implemented in Banshee seperately. It would
probably be better to reuse the tag capability by meta tracker, beagle,
nepomuk or any of the other more generic approaches.