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Playlist Viewer to show track titles

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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]:

--- Quote from: chrisjj on January 09, 2014, 10:36:51 AM ---Mine don't - not least because RB filename restrictions disallow some title characters.

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...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:

--- Quote from: [Saint] on January 11, 2014, 09:32:46 PM ---...I take it by this you actually mean "FAT filesystem restrictions"?
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I meant what I said.


--- Quote from: [Saint] on January 11, 2014, 09:32:46 PM ---This would also involve parsing out all the metadata from the files in the playlist
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Actually not. Showing track titles involves parsing out just the track title.


--- Quote from: [Saint] on January 11, 2014, 09:32:46 PM ---, which I'm sure isn't terribly realistic.
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It is realistic. Parsing out all the needed metadata is done by just about every modern DAPs original firmware... and by Rockbox in Database.


--- Quote from: [Saint] on January 11, 2014, 09:32:46 PM ---A playlist viewer doesn't need to care about this info at all strictly speaking.
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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.

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