Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Some ideas for work with iPod, last.fm and non-utf encodings

[Pavel Shuvalov <shuvalov pavel gmail com>]

Thank you for explanation. I will try to explore rhythmbox code and 
provide my idea about encoding normalization plugin in code prototype.

Pavel Shuvalov.

Christophe Fergeau пишет:
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> Hello Pavel,
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> Pavel Shuvalov a écrit :
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> > So, i propose
> > implement function for scrobbling listened tracks from iPod to last.fm.
> > In UI it can be simple item in context menu for iPod icon. This can be
> > done as new plugin, or improvements in existing module, i think.
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> Rhythmbox already scrobble iPod songs when you plug in an iPod.
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> > 2.Some time ago i faced problems in copying music in flac format from my
> > library to iPod. I think, that on-fly encoding(using lame or sox) is a
> > great feature for Rhytmbox.
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> Rhythmbox already transcodes songs during transfers to media devices
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> > Overriding default encoding for id3
> > tags was discussed some time ago, but i want propose things, that i used
> > in iTunes. In iTunes you can select item in track context menu named
> > «Convert to UTF», and iTunes will convert tags in UTF8.
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> Not sure we want to have such a thing in Rhythmbox UI.
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> > I think, that Mojibake in tags is not only russian
> > problem, and it is possible to introduce some plugin, that will help
> > users to normalize encodings of there files.
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> Ah, I guess it makes sense as a plugin. Dunno how the UI would like though ?
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> Christophe
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