[Feedback] Request: A way to locally sort artists under same name

[Ian Monroe]

On 6/22/07, Andrew Ash <ash211 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Editing destroys the file integrity for P2P filesharing programs such
> as BitTorrent.  The protocol works on the principle that the local
> copies of the files that everyone has are identical.  So if Daniel
> edits the tags of those files then they are no longer useful for the
> network as a whole.  He would have to make another copy of the file
> just to fix the tags for display in Amarok.
>
> Think of the files as read-only, since that's closer to what they are
> in this case.
>
> > Having some sort of parallel tag/sorting system on top of the current
> > would be a mess to implement and would be confusing.
>
> I agree, it would be a mess and confusing, but it has a use case.
> Hopefully, if Amarok devs decide to take a shot at this case, it can
> be implemented cleanly.
>
> I'm thinking that Amarok can internally use the tags of the files as a
> starting point for its database, and then allow the user to change the
> attributes on the internal database but still have that entry
> associated with the read-only file.  Maybe an option in the Collection
> setup could be 'these files are read-only' (or be detected as such)
> and then this behavior could be applied to those files.
>
> Just an idea.
>
> > Ian
> Andrew

Pirates can just keep a copy of their shared music somewhere else. Yeesh!

Ian