GSoC

[Ian Monroe]

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Joachim Bartosik <joachim at bartosik.eu> wrote:
> Hullo,
> here are some ideas ( I'll write something more about those you'll find any
> worth implementing):
> 1)Tagging archived/read only files ( create DB containing tags for files
> that for-whatever reason cannot be modified, use tags from DB rather then
> from file, sync DB and file tags

No.

>  2) Cleaning collection - look for duplicate artist ( "MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE",
> "My children my bride" and "mychildren mybride" are probably one artist, so
> let's merge them ( check musicbrainz or something which name is correct?)),
> tracks ( removing duplicate tracks), albums (merge).

Something like this might be possible, especially with the new last.fm system.

>  3) Subcollections - let users create as many subcollections as they wish,
> each containg whatever they wish and chose which subcollections should be
> active ( displayed in collection browser etc.)(don't display tracks that are
> in many collections multiple times). To make looking for tracks easier (eg.
> http://xkcd.com/400/ - just create subcollections "stupid" and
> "not-so-stupid" and shuffle all "not-so-stupid").

Smart playlists + labels?

> I'm using Amarok 1.4 and didn't notice any of those features ( and missed
> them), but I don't have any experience with Amarok 2 yet ( probably I'll
> have some in 8 hours), I find meself quite good C++ programmer, but I don't
> have much experience with Qt (I don't think it's a problem though - I
> believe my ideas will not need any sophisticated Qt knowledge). I can write
> to you in polish if you prefer.

Well yea if you intended this to be a GSoC submission you would need
to do a lot more yea.

Ian