Re: [Tracker] RFC: UPnP mediaserver (ContentDirectory) miner

[Martyn Russell <martyn lanedo com>]

On 14/03/11 10:16, Jussi Kukkonen wrote:
> On 03/11/2011 04:53 PM, Jens Georg wrote:
> > > 6. There is an indentation issue here, but also I think this should be
> > > an nmm:MusicPiece AND nfo:Audio...
> > >
> > >                         else if (item.upnp_class.has_prefix ("object.item.audioItem"))
> > >                         nmm_type = "nmm:MusicPiece";
> >
> > IMHO that's not exactly correct from an UPnP POV. nmm:MusicPiece should
> > be "object.item.audioItem.musicTrack", no?
>
> On one hand I agree, things should only be marked music if we really
> know they are music. On the other, I don't want to create a situation
> where a media file ("object.item.audioItem") is hidden because I'm being
> strict about the definition of "music"....
>
> The problem is this: a tracker client looking for all music files can
> search for "?music a nmm:MusicPiece" -- this works fine. If the client
> wants _all_ audio files there is no equivalent as far as I can tell:
> "?audio a nfo:Audio" will give you videos as well.
>
> So I'm doing what other miners seem to be doing as well: marking
> everything that looks like a audio file a nmm:MusicPiece.

Which miners?
> I'm open to suggestions though, this is not a problem I've really spent
> a lot of time thinking about...

It is true that some video files are marked as nfo:Audio, because they 
do have audio and sometimes ONLY audio and a still picture (or no picture).

That's really up to the querying client to make sure they define what 
they want. We should at least explain what the file accurately in the miner.

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Regards,
Martyn