Bug 263640 JJ: moving a music folder, collection won't inform user of stale reference

[Myriam Schweingruber]

Changing the subject so we actually know what this is about.

Sandeep, please use meaningful subject lines when you address a mailing list.


Regards, Myriam


On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 09:40, Bart Cerneels <bart.cerneels at kde.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 15:05, Sandeep <sandy.8925 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Message: 3
>>> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:10:11 +0200
>>> From: Bart Cerneels<bart.cerneels at kde.org>
>>> Subject: Re: Bug 263640
>>> To: amarok-devel at kde.org
>>> Message-ID:<BANLkTin41vYHN4OiqRsJE4Wpfd3ahUyg8A at mail.gmail.com>
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>>>
>>> I would urge you to implement Meta::Track::isPlayable() instead. In
>>> addition to MetaProxy loading in XSPFPlaylist and other playlist
>>> classes.
>>>
>>
>> Should I implement Meta::Track::isPlayable() and then use that to check
>> if the media is playable or not? It might make it easier.
>>
>> -Sandeep
>
> Well, obviously it's a better approach then what was first suggested.
> The function is already there, but not used everywhere that it should
> because in many cases it's not properly implemented. In fact it's
> mostly just "return true;".
>
> Like I said, with the correct handling of track loading in
> XSPFPlaylist and checking for isPlayable() in PlaylistModel this can
> be quite seamless and easy to implement. I would make the non-playable
> tracks gray/desaturated as this is understood by all computer users as
> "not available".
>
> Bart
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