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Idea #11120: Media Database - Concrete Idea, connect

Written by gyger the 14 Jul 08 at 16:25. Related project: Banshee Music Player. Status: New
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*Pls excuse my english. But I'm not a native speaker.

A complete database managing Media Files.
Used to manage Video, Music, Images.
Every Media Software should be able to build on top of it.
Implemented in the Gnome Virtual Filesystem if possible.
But still be able to go to the specific Folders. And work normally with the media and Music Files.
The Libary should provide the metatag information, and Metatags should be written with the library.
Nautilus should be able to show a nice overview.


Filepath something like media:/// to come to the overview Page.
Data should be located in the Home Folder.

Music, Video, Pictures Folder

The Library should manage the Folderstructure and index the files. It should be possible to add new Files by copying or by dragging into the media:/// place or by dragging it into e.g. /home/user/Music.

The system should be extendable with plugins for new features like loading lyrics and saving them as id3 tag or something else.

If possible it should handle Media Players.

Possible additional features:

* Ipod Support (as Plugin)
Just Drag and Drop Media Files on the IPod and they will be indexed and added to the database.
See the Musik of the Ipod.
Perhabs if you enter the IPod you see two folders Music, Data
or 3 Folders: Music, Photo, Data or 4 Folders: Music, Photo, Video, Data.
Related to the connected Model.

* Same like IPod support for other Media Players. Perhabs extendable with Plugins.
* Last.FM support, scrobble the Music. (as Plugin)
* Songza support (as Plugin)

Benefits:

* interchangeable Data between different Music Player
* only one database.
* The Musicplayer never has to ask where the Music Files are. They could be anywhere indexed in this Library and found by the Music Programm.
* One fast indexer

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Solution #1: Use a desktop search framework
Written by gyger the 14 Jul 08 at 16:25.
Use Tracker or another metadata framework to implement this feature. as written in the first comment.
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Solution #2: Use a tagged filesystem
Written by uaneme the 27 Nov 10 at 06:22.
Something like the gmail labels but then far more extended

Then the user can define what counts.

Artist tag
title tag
tempo tag
style tag (Jazz, Funk, Soul, Rock, Metal)
year tag
key tag (for the musical key the track was played in, good mood, bad mood, neutal, sunny day, rainy day)
relation tag (so you can link a track to another track)
rating tag (the higer you rate it then the higher it shows up when you do a search)
instrumental tag (sometimes you like to listen to music without someone singing, or the opposite)

etc etc etc

Propose your solution

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mgunes (Ubuntu developer) wrote on the 14 Jul 08 at 16:39
It's possible to manage this with Tracker or another metadata framework, and implementation will start to happen when Tracker and media player applications gain support for XESAM (http://xesam.org ).


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