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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Automatic multi-resume feature for podcasts and audiobooks (FS#11748)Re: Automatic multi-resume feature for podcasts and audiobooks (FS#11748)
From: David Hall <dmhall_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:09:09 -0500 This is part of an earlier email I had composed in response to AlexP but never sent. I think it works here just as well... On 12/15/2010 07:11 PM, Paul Louden wrote: > To be fair it could be handled like the recording folder, with a "Set as > resumable folder" or something, allowing the user the freedom to select > which folder it is rather than forcing a specific one. > > But I still feel that whether it's just files within one folder, or all > files, or even "all files over 10 minutes long" or some other criteria > based on tags or whatever, there's still other problems too. Well I don't see many ways it can be accomplished. A - location bases defining of podcasts and or audiobooks (hereafter referred to as simply podcasts). B - File extension based defining. C - File metadata (tag) based defining. D - Rockbox-specific metadata not stored in the file. Solution A is the subject of this particular subthread. Solution B doesn't address Paul's concerns either. Solution C doesn't pass what I like to call the "vacation test". If I'm away from home, using a family member or friend's computer, needing a specific piece of PC software to make Rockbox behave is almost as bad as forcing the user to install iTunes. ;) I don't think I need to bring up arguments against solution D. ;) I'm very much against anything which doesn't pass the "vacation test". I spend a great deal of my life out of town and away from my primary computers. Not having to add specific tags to an audio file is very important to me. I imagine I am not alone in that. Received on 2010-12-16 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |