[mythtv] MythMusic patch for users w/o ID3 tags on mp3 files.

[Micah Morton]

I would have to agree with this.  Sorting by directory allows people that
have already painstakingly sorted their Mp3's into directories to continue
to do so.  Maybe adding an option "mp3dirsorting=1" or something like
that.

--Micah Morton
--Linux Network Test Engineer
--Intel Corp

> Would it be possible to add a thing so that files where sorted like the
> directories on your disc?
>
> //Joel
>
> Chris Pinkham wrote:
>
>>When I wrote a perl script to start ripping my CDs to mp3 files, I
>> never added in the functionality to append ID3 tags to the mp3s.  So,
>> about 90-95% of my mp3 files don't have any ID3 info.  I still wanted
>> to be able to use mytmmusic to play mp3 files though so I coded up this
>> patch.
>>
>>The attached file is a patch to mythmusic's maddecoder.cpp,
>> maddecoder.h, and mythmusic-settings.txt files.  It creates 2 new
>> options in
>>mythmusic-settings.txt, here's an example:
>>
>>str Ignore_ID3=TRUE
>>str NonID3FileNameFormat=GENRE/ARTIST/ALBUM/TRACK_TITLE
>>
>>If Ignore_ID3 is set to TRUE, mythmusic will try to determine the
>> Genre, Artist, Album, Track Number, and Title from the filename of the
>> mp3 file.  The NonID3FileNameFormat variable should be set to the
>> directory/file format where the mp3 files are stored.  For instance, I
>> store mine in the above shown Genre/Artist/Album/Track format.
>> Mythmusic will then use this information to fill in the proper fields
>> when it populates the musicmetadata table rather than searching for an
>> ID3 tag in the mp3 file.
>>
>>The files can be layed out in any format, such as:
>>
>>Genre/Artist/Album/Title
>>Artist/Genre/Album/Title
>>Artist/Album/Title (with Genre left as Unknown)
>>
>>The track number is optional but can be specified with the title by
>> using the TRACK_TITLE keyword instead of TITLE.  If TRACK_TITLE is
>> used, then the filename can have a space, hyphen, or underscore
>> separating the track number from the track title.  Keywords are case
>> insensitive, so if you specify GENRE it's the same as Genre in the
>> format field.
>>
>>The Ignore_ID3 option does not disable the code that determines the
>> track length, just the portion that tries to read ID3 info.
>>
>>The patch is against CVS as of around 17:15 EST on 1/29/2003, but
>> should apply cleanly for other checkout dates since it does not include
>> any major changes.
>>
>>If anyone else is in my situation (little/no ID3 tags), can you check
>> this out to see how well it works for you?
>>
>>Chris
>>
>>*****************************************************************************
>> ** Chris Pinkham                  Linux v2.2.18, Sane v1.0.4, Cajun
>> v3.0-8 ** ** cpinkham at bc2va.org
>> http://www.bc2va.org/chris/ **
>> *****************************************************************************
>>
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