Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] add a different mp3 column and sort on it

[Dennis Gearon <gearond sbcglobal net>]

In my version 'Rhythmbox 0.12.8', The comment field does not show up on in the fields available. The comment field correspondingly does show up in the right click menu either.

Does it do so in later versions?

 

Dennis Gearon

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From: Calvin Walton <calvin walton kepstin ca>
To: Dennis Gearon <gearond sbcglobal net>
Cc: rhythmbox-devel gnome org
Sent: Thu, March 17, 2011 4:28:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] add a different mp3 column and sort on it

On Wed, 2011-03-16 at 23:09 -0700, Dennis Gearon wrote:
> I would love to add the mp3 field 'comment'. I store the genre, BPM,
> and rating in that field as string so that it is available in all
> applications. At least, it was on windows. I don't see anyway to use a
> file manager or a media player on ubuntu to access the field, make
> playlists based on it, or burn mp3s. Any help doing any of this in
> rhythmbox would be most appreciated.

This is actually pretty easy to do in Rhythmbox. To view the comment
field, use Edit→Preferences and enable the “Comment” checkbox. You can
right-click on any track in Rhythmbox and click “Properties” in order to
edit the comment field, and you can create an automatic playlist
(Music→Playlist→New Automatic Playlist…) which supports matching tracks
based on strings in the comment field.

Hope that helps!

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Calvin Walton <calvin walton kepstin ca>