Playlist Viewer to show track titles

[chrisjj]

I'd like an option for the Playlist Viewer to show track titles rather than filenames, as currently.

From http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php/topic,45947.msg224420.html#msg224420 I take it that there's currently no way to do this.

I accept that this is unnecessary for some users because their filenames contain titles. Mine don't - not least because RB filename restrictions disallow some title characters.

Even better would be to show a string computed from title and/or any other metadata fields - ideally from a tagnavi-format template.

[[Saint]]

Mine don't - not least because RB filename restrictions disallow some title characters.

...I take it by this you actually mean "FAT filesystem restrictions"?

This would also involve parsing out all the metadata from the files in the playlist, which I'm sure isn't terribly realistic. A playlist viewer doesn't need to care about this info at all strictly speaking.


[Saint]

[chrisjj]

...I take it by this you actually mean "FAT filesystem restrictions"?

I meant what I said.

This would also involve parsing out all the metadata from the files in the playlist

Actually not. Showing track titles involves parsing out just the track title.

, which I'm sure isn't terribly realistic.

It is realistic. Parsing out all the needed metadata is done by just about every modern DAPs original firmware... and by Rockbox in Database.

A playlist viewer doesn't need to care about this info at all strictly speaking.

Since we care enough to have a playlist viewer, I think we should care enough to remedy its current inferiority relative to the OF it is replacing.

[saratoga]

Like I said in the last thread, you'd have to look into how hard it is to find the metadata in the database given the file path.  I think in theory this should be easy, but I've never looked very closely at the database. 

[chrisjj]

Thanks for the suggestion. Since the Database already contains the filepath, I'd guess the most addition needed would be just an index for speed.

[evilnick]

not least because RB filename restrictions disallow some title characters.

What are those restrictions? Can you provide examples?

[saratoga]

I think MS has a document explaining what characters are legal in fat file names, but a few that are not are things that look like file paths (e.g. '\', '/', '*', etc).

[evilnick]

Sure, but that's not the point.

chrisjj has clarified that s/he is NOT talking about FAT filenames and that s/he IS talking specifically about Rockbox restrictions.

That's what I'm curious about.

[chrisjj]

Sure, but that's not the point.

Sure that's not your point.

[evilnick]

Sure that's not your point.

Point.

[JdGordon]

Locking because OP's attitude needs adjusting (and he's been warned before)

[JdGordon]

Also, to clear things up, Rockbox doesn't add any limitations to filenames, FAT (which is the only filesystem Rockbox currently (15-01-2014) supports) has plenty already.