Re: Plugin to fix playlists

On 01/22/2012 10:49 PM, Petko wrote:
>  Hey guys , . [...]

>  The plugin would rely on the consistent filenames . Simple cycle :
>
> For (every song in the playlist) {
>
> //get filename from the path recorded in the playlist
>
> //find the song in the library by filename
>
> //get the path ,stored in the library
>
> //record it back in the playlist
>
> }

  Ok , from the lack of response and the looks of the Rhythmbox 
libraries I think there is little chance this function will be 
implemented in the core function that imports playlists. So since I 
still haven't understood the RBs database , signals .... well a long 
list of things , I intend to write a plugin and hope that it gets 
integrated (upon a error (missing file) when importing a playlist - 
prompt to fix the playlist using that algorithm) .
   So I'm writing mainly because I have some questions . I pretty much 
got how plugins work . The algorithm's pretty much set :

1.prompt for playlist - I honestly have no idea how to do it . I've done 
OpenGL , but no real GUI in GTK . Still that's the simplest problem .

2.here's a big pickle - how do I get the playlist parser to give me the 
playlist items' URI-s

3.Last part I figured out : probe every DB entery for its location , 
parse it through |g_filename_from_uri| , compare the filename to the 
item given from the playlist, if there's a match -> add it to the playlist

Where I'll have a big problem is figuring out dependencies and 
communication with the shell . All and all I'd be happy to get some help 
around the RB source.

Regards,
Petko

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