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Fantastic old patch: browse directories using id3 tags

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lowlight:

--- Quote from: inrobert on November 17, 2006, 08:25:18 AM ---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.

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Not sure I really understand what you want, but you can display the current directory at the top of the file list with this option:
General Settings > File Fiew > Show Path

bascule:

--- Quote from: inrobert on November 17, 2006, 09:27:46 AM ---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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I did say it was a 'workaround' solution ;)

You haven't really explained why you are not keen on using Tag Cache, but that would be much easier than fixing up a two year-old patch to work with the current code. I think you are stuck unless someone fixes the patch.

bascule:

--- Quote from: lowlight on November 17, 2006, 09:35:45 AM ---Not sure I really understand what you want, but you can display the current directory at the top of the file list with this option:
General Settings > File Fiew > Show Path

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What inrobert wants is to browse folders using the file tree, but displaying ID3 tag derived track information for the files  :-\

inrobert:

--- Quote from: bascule on November 17, 2006, 10:00:13 AM ---You haven't really explained why you are not keen on using Tag Cache

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Using directories is more flexible and comfortable for me.


--- Quote from: bascule on November 17, 2006, 10:00:13 AM ---I think you are stuck unless someone fixes the patch.

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Yeah... Or maybe there will be possibility to use directories in Tag Cache. I can even see such a feature request on Tag Cache wiki site: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DataBase#Feature_requests. It says "#  Ability to browse by directory in conjunction with tag browsing (to allow standard access to music and playlists). " Maybe this is something I am thinking about. I'm not sure but I think this is quite easy to add a directory tag which could be used in  tagnavi.config.

bascule:

--- Quote from: inrobert on November 17, 2006, 01:02:19 PM ---
--- Quote from: bascule on November 17, 2006, 10:00:13 AM ---You haven't really explained why you are not keen on using Tag Cache

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Using directories is more flexible and comfortable for me.

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OK, well maybe if you explained what your folder structure looks like, we could determine whether or not it could be functionally recreated in Tag Cache.

Most people use a folder structure using roughly the same information as files are tagged with, so if your structure is comprised of any of the following elements or parts of them (i.e., Tag Cache can be set up to browse artists by initial letter then by full name) then your folders could probably be replicated:

title
filename
artist     
album     
genre   
composer 
year 
tracknumber

I appreciate I'm sounding a bit like a Tag Cache fanboy here, but I really think it could do what you want with a bit of work, unless your folder tree is very unusually structured... ;)

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