Amarok 1.4 collection and artwork importing

[Pedro de Carvalho Gomes]

I don't really agree with the use of the collection import for
statistics only. I can enumerate some reasons:

- First, the button "Import Collection" is side by side with "Fully
Rescan Collection", indicating that both are distinct methods to
populate your Local Collection Database. Also, when you mention
"collection", it implies the filenames, statistics, ratings, artwork,
playlists (I'm planning to implement this). Users are leaded to
believe that all information would be present at the new collection.

- Today the consequence of using "Import Collection" is that only a
part of songs are imported. It misleads users and they could think
that they did something wrong, or that they've lost data.

- I would prefer to import all files from Amarok 1.4 than to fully
rescan my disc because search for files at disc may consume too much
time and my machine start trashing. Also, why would I want to rescan
if I believe I already have a reliable source of information (Amarok
1.4 database).

I'd like experienced developers to consider this points, because I
believe that importation should be able to make the transition from
Amarok 1.4 (or even iTunes) to Amarok 2 as smooth as possible.

Cheers,

Pedro

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Jeff Mitchell <mitchell at kde.org> wrote:
> Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen wrote:
>> On Wednesday 28 October 2009 21:58:21 Jeff Mitchell wrote:
>>> Pedro de Carvalho Gomes wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> All the issues I'm describing here are related to Amarok 2.2 truck,
>>> We have a truck!?!?!
>>>
>>>> The first issue is about the import of my collection from Amarok 1.4.
>>>> It imports only part of my collection (1604 out of 3400 musics). I've
>>>> checked the source code
>>>> (src/databaseimporter/amarok14/FastForwardWorker.cpp), and I see that
>>>> the SQL query trusts the information presented at the "statistics"
>>>> table. The thing is that "statistics" table contains information of
>>>> music that has been played at least once. So, if a song has never been
>>>> played it would not be imported.
>>> I don't follow why this is a problem. I guess you could have ratings for
>>> songs that have never been played, but that seems kinda unlikely.
>>
>>   On the contrary, that's a perfectly valid use case. Look at it this way: You
>> just got a hold of a track that you know you like (say Brittney Spears' Oops,
>> I Did It Again ;) ), and you happen to know that you would rate that song at 5
>> stars. Now, of course, that song hasn't been played, but... :)
>
> I didn't say it wasn't a valid use case, I said it wasn't likely  :-)
>
> But I think Leo is right -- I think he's simply not understanding what
> the converter is supposed to do.
>
> --Jeff
>
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