multiple genre support: ongoing work? offer of help

[Seb Ruiz]

On 28/10/2007, Morgan Venable <Morgan at moto.com> wrote:
> Says Jeff:
> >So, you should look into labels, as was previously mentioned.  But if
> you really want to help out, you could start
> >getting involved by figuring out how labels should work in 2.0, and
> implementing them.  :-)
> >
> >Warning: *don't* simply check out code and hack something together.
> Talk to the developers first.  Ask around in
> >#amarok to be pointed to some.
>
> Yep!
>
> I'll dig in and follow up with the devs when I feel like I've got a
> handle on how things are working at present.
> I need to go back and see what ID3-TagIt (windows retagging app) is
> doing for its version of multiple genres -- that's where I've seen the
> tagging side (not the frontend) implemented -- it might have some clues,
> or might just be doing something string-ey and non-portable.

My guess is that it uses a custom metadata field to store multiple genres

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