[Feedback] single database, multiple computers | making amarok better

[Rich]

On 2007.06.25. 20:56, Jeff Mitchell wrote:
> Quoting dlutolf at worldcom.ch:
>> 1: I have a home server holding a few gigs of music, and running a mysql
>> server. So I created an amarok DB on my mysql server, and all the music
>> files are being accessed through an nfs share (which always has the same
>> path, regardless of which machine I use it on). I hoped I could have the
>> same settings on all computers (including playlists, album covers, etc..)
>> without having to create links to ~/.kde3.5/share/apps/amarok and the
>> like.
> 
> Problem is that files are constantly being created and updated in  
> Amarok's home directory.  If you get two instances of the app writing  
> to the same place at the same time, you get corruption.  Not all file  
> sharing systems properly (can and/or do) lock files.

that indeed would be sure to cause problems.
but having the ability to specify a prefix for 'personal tables' 
(scores/ratings) would allow to move towards this goal.
if playlists are moved into the db for 2.0, that would also be one item 
on the list less.

> As for album covers, I'm not sure if we support album covers that are  
> embedded into files.  I certainly don't think we support doing this  
> embedding...but perhaps in the 2.0 series this will be something to  
> look into.

would it make any sense from usability and performance reasons to keep 
covers inside the database ?

>> 2: When I listen to a song I like and it gets to the end, I like to simply
>> press "play" again to listen to it from the start. in this case, rating
>> goes down. this sucks.

this is score, btw ;)
...
>> 3: again about rating: when creating playlists (especially when your
>> collection is huge and you haven't used amarok for long and most songs have
>> been never or seldom listened to) I want to listen to the start of a song
>> and then say "good song, play the next please", "this is ok, next one" or
>> even "this really sucks, next one". I can't. this sucks too. (I tried the
>> "I love this" shortcut but did not notice any effect)
> 
> "I Love This" is for Last.fm.  You can do this in two keystrokes:  Use  
> Win+(1,2,3,4,5) to set a track rating (press twice for a half rating,  
> and a third press for a one-star rating removes the rating from the  
> track), then Win+B to jump to the next track.  If you want to create  
> playlists, it's pretty trivial to make Smart Playlists based on the  
> ratings you set.

in addition to using ratings, you might want to disable scoring while 
doing this :
dcop amarok collection disableAutoScoring true
after you are finshed, remember to run
dcop amarok collection disableAutoScoring false
(or restart amarok - this setting will be reset)

...
> 
> --Jeff
-- 
  Rich