TODO for 2.7: android MTP

[Matěj Laitl]

On 11. 9. 2012 Bart Cerneels wrote:
> Philipp Schmidt <philschmidt at gmx.net> wrote:
> > Am Montag, 10. September 2012, 17:06:57 schrieb Matěj Laitl:
> >> On 10. 9. 2012 Bart Cerneels wrote:
> >> > Having recently bought a Galaxy 3 I can confirm, we need have very
> >> > good MTP support i.e. rewrite MtpCollection.
> >> > 
> >> > For anyone taking it on (/me looks in the general direction of
> >> > strohel) I might have a device you can use.
> >> 
> >> Yeah, I've thought about it. MTP collection rewrite should be a rather
> >> straightforward adaptation of the iPod collection.
> > 
> > I would volunteer, since I am already a little familiar with libmtp due to
> > my (currently stagnant work, kudos to my master thesis) on the kio-mtp
> > slave. Since I will be travelling after completing said thesis I would
> > only be able to start around Christmas.
> > 
> > One Problem that I see is that many Android Devices as of now do not
> > support the tracks API (or at least not properly). So one would have to
> > work around that, as that should be the preferred way to access misuci
> > files on a MTP device.
> 
> I would prefer if we got it in 2.7, which would ideally be released
> around Christmas. I wonder if between the 3 of us there is enough
> spare time and motivational energy to get it done soon. Matěj: how
> about we spend a day on this in Randa? I indeed have an old-ish
> android lying around, but I'm not sure this one does MTP like the 4.0
> devices that are currently sold. I'll check later.

Okay okay. I've added it to Randa agenda (not decided if just discussing to 
coding). Anyways I'll happily mentor anyone who'd like to help out, I'm 
confident on the Amarok side, much less on the MTP side.

	Matěj