Syncing Amarok Databases

[Colin Kern]

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 8:23 AM, Eelko Berkenpies <fedora at berkenpies.nl> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:58:26 -0400, Jeff Mitchell <mitchell at kde.org> wrote:
>> Colin Kern wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I want to keep my Amarok database synced between by home and work
>>> computer.  Mostly what I care about are the ratings and scores of
>>> songs.  What would be the best way to do this?  I've thought about
>>> putting the relevant files into a SVN repository and just committing
>>> and updating (which files would I need?).  Does Amarok let me choose a
>>> different location for my database?  Can I just use sshfs and tell
>>> Amarok on my home computer that my database is on my work computer?
>>> Any other ideas?
>>
>> The best way is to become a developer and help us implement this support
>> natively (it has always been planned)  :-)
>>
>> Otherwise, you could do something like SVN if you wanted...just make
>> sure that the path to your music files is consistent on both computers.
>>
>> --Jeff
>
> I'll have a few thoughts at this too.
>
> I happen to own a domain (http://audio-tracker.com) which I might want to
> give a new destination. And this sounds like a fun project to do. :)
> Although I miss the programming skills to make the necessary internal
> changes to Amarok (if needed). I've had some thoughts so far about syncing
> the Amarok database with the site and how neat that would be. Just
> statistics, dynamic signatures and nothing more. Kinda like Audioscrobbler
> (pre last.fm) used to do.
>
> --
> Eelko Berkenpies
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Is there a plan for how this would be done natively in Amarok?  Would
it store collections remotely on a server as Eelko suggests, or is
there a different method planned.  Or is that still something to
figure out?

Colin