Re: 3.6 Feature: Totem -> Videos

[Martyn Russell <martyn lanedo com>]

On 24/04/12 13:51, Luca Ferretti wrote:
> 2012/4/23 Bastien Nocera<hadess hadess net>:
> > Work is on-going to make Totem into that:
> > https://live.gnome.org/Design/Apps/Videos#Tentative_Design

I like the mock ups.

> Looks cool, the only issue I can see is actual video files may have
> weird names (such as "VID_20120424_123212.mp4" or "[Freedom] Mobile
> Suit Gundam Unicorn - 03 (1920x1080 X264 AAC) Sub Ita.mp4") and I
> suspect there is no (simple) way to re-tag them.

Not really. With Tracker on the N9 and earlier devices we attempted to 
put something in place to work around this, but it never catches all 
cases and depending on how you use that code can impact performance.

Unfortunately, correct metadata/file names for media is something we 
will always battle, not just for videos, but also music, etc.

I am also of the view that much of the video information (like the 
extension, the format, resolution, etc) is not really useful a lot of 
the time (especially to non-tech users) but should be available through 
some interface (menu, dialog, etc).

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Regards,
Martyn

Founder and CEO of Lanedo GmbH.