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Fantastic old patch: browse directories using id3 tags
inrobert:
This is a wonderful patch - http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/task/2289. There is also a wiki page - http://rockbox.haxx.se/twiki/bin/view/Main/UseDisplayName. It all looks very interesting for me but it's closed and it doesn't run on my iRiver H10 20 GB. I tried to patch under Cygwin and VMware but it told me that some HUNKS had failed. This is because it's old and doesn't fit to current rockbox builds, am I right? Maybe somebody knows what to do to make it running... Or maybe there is some other patch with this feature that I couldn't find... If somebody wants to make it I would be very thankful :-*
bascule:
That patch significantly pre-dates the Tag Cache functionality and seems to have very similar functionality.
With the ability to write custom menus, I think Tag Cache should be able to do whatever that patch was designed for...
Is there anything the the current Tag Cache functionality doesn't do for you?
inrobert:
--- Quote from: bascule on November 17, 2006, 03:07:50 AM ---Is there anything the the current Tag Cache functionality doesn't do for you?
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As far as I know Tag Cache can't use directories names. My idea of browsing files is the same as I used to use in foobar2000 Album List. I see directories names and in these directories I see file names without extensions or id3 tag information (title - artist) if present. So if Tag Cache could use directory names I think it would be fine. Please tell me if there is some way to get such a view as I have described.
bascule:
Well, you're correct, Tag Cache can't use directory names at all.
I would say your best workaround solution (other than just using Tag Cache, which is excellent if your files are well tagged) is to use the 'Supported' file view setting which hides extensions for known filetypes and then use MP3Tag to rename your files from their tags in the format you are looking for (title - artist).
inrobert:
--- Quote from: bascule on November 17, 2006, 08:43:29 AM ---Well, you're correct, Tag Cache can't use directory names at all.
I would say your best workaround solution (other than just using Tag Cache, which is excellent if your files are well tagged) is to use the 'Supported' file view setting which hides extensions for known filetypes and then use MP3Tag to rename your files from their tags in the format you are looking for (title - artist).
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Unfortunately, this is not as good as using directories and and tags because you can't have some characters in the file name (for example: " : / \).
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