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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: search a stringRe: search a string
From: François-Xavier Houard <idefx_at_iname.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:07:54 +0200 On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 10:51:37AM +0200, Linus G Larsson wrote: > On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 17:39, John Wood wrote: > > I think an easier solution would be to simply search the current playlist by > > song name. That way you don't need a separate database (that will obviously > > become out of date, or the generation tool won't be available when you need > > it). The most useful parts of songs are usually in the filename and > > directory name. > > If I understand correctly, that was what François was trying at first. > But it was too slow. Well, i was trying to search directly on the hard disk. > > I had a suggestion a couple of months ago on an alternate "browser" > interface, more like the one on iPods. It would show you separate > entries for Albums, Playlists, Artists, Songs, Genres etc, which it > would get from an indexed database. > > This way, users could choose to either just copy the files onto the > Jukebox, store them in directories of their choice, like it is right > now, or use a utility to copy them to the Jukebox and index the songs in > the database. All playlists would be reachable from both the > Playlists-menu and the Albums-menu, for instance. > > François, I think it is a great idea with many possibilities, and I > suggest that you index filename, path and all id3-tags in the db. If > noone else will write such an interface, I will (eventually). the problem is that it is not (as far as I know) possible to scan a file line per line without scanning each char. Putting all the information may make a bigger file, which may make everithing slower. except if we make multiples indexed files. > > Regards, Thanks ;) > Linus > > Received on 2002-09-06 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |