Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] tag editing caps

["Peter Steiner" <pnsteiner gmail com>]

thanks to everyone that responded so fast.

i was unaware of the hidden feature, and will play around with it a bit.

On 8/12/06, James Doc Livingston <doclivingston gmail com> wrote:
> ID3 tags (i.e. MP3s): works okay with both GStreamer 0.10 and 0.8, newer
> versions are better.
>
> FLAC tags: works for GStreamer 0.8, and would work for 0.10 if the
> 'flactag' element got ported. I started doing that a while back, but
> never quite got around to finishing it.
>
> Vorbis tags (i.e. Ogg Vorbis): Requires my new 'vorbistag' element which
> hasn't gotten into GStreamer cvs yet, as it's waiting for a bug in the
> 'oggmux' element to be fixed first. I have a patch for the oggmux bug,
> but it needs careful review to ensure it doesn't break anything.
> Rhythmbox will support editing Ogg Vorbis files as soon as those two
> things are in GStreamer.

sounds great, it is good to see that support is already that far!

> As well as the technical side, we need to improve the interface for
> editing tags in Rhythmbox. If you have any suggestions (or code) we've
> happy to hear. In particular, things that need some work are:
>
> * In the "song properties" window, it isn't clear whether it's editable
> or not (we should "disbable" the entry somehow)

this is what bugged me up front (and led me to the conclusion that
editing was not supported at all) - my recent ubuntu packaged versions
displayed song info in edit boxes that implied being editable - while
they were not...

> * You can use the Properties windows on multiple files to edit them at
> one, what should happen when some of the files are editable and some
> aren't?

this is a tough one. common user interface standards don't agree here either.

disallowing tag editing as soon as one file is not editable is the
most coherent...

> * Being able to right click on an artist/album and say "Rename" and have
> it change all your files would be nice.

see below...

> * And many more things - there are several filed in bugzilla

i will sift through these asap, but what went to my attention
immediately is this one:

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326054 (Add "Live" tag
editing in entry views)

this is what i had in mind, editing caps directly inside the list
views. gtkpod does that in recent versions...

the killer feature is that you gain a ui for artist/album editing on
whole lists for free. have a look at the gtkpod implementation: it is
really nice.

regards,

peter.