[Banshee-List] Multiple Library support in Banshee

["Michael Knepher" <mknepher bluethingy com>]

I've been checking into Banshee off and on since just before 1.0 came
out, and with 1.2 and 1.4, I've started using it as my primary music
player. Thanks for all the great work.

That said, I've been taking notes on things I'd like to see Banshee do
better. I thought I'd start with the Library.

I would love to see support for multiple libraries. On my home
desktop, I keep my music separated by genre, mainly so that my wife
doesn't have to tell me to skip any jazz tracks that come up during a
shuffle. I'd like to be able to have these seen as separate libraries
in banshee (as branches of the main Music Library). I've left a
comment at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=383880 that
covers my use cases in more detail.

* Make sure libraries are separated
- It was a bit disconcerting to subscribe to a bunch of podcasts,
download a number of episodes, then rescan my music library and have
all of the podcasts added to the music library. Have podcasts, videos,
music, etc., stored in separate hierarchies, with the user able to set
where they want them.

* Support non-music library types
- Have Libraries for Audiobooks/Radio Dramas, etc. - audio recordings
that are not music or podcasts.

Thanks again,

Michael Knepher