Re: interesting but limited tagging approach - david-bo

Why not (offer to) use the grouping field rather than the comment field?

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Thursday, June 02 2005 @ 12:35 AM PDT

Re: interesting but limited tagging approach  - sporobolus

in reply to "The problem with using a longer tag format is that the Comments field in iTunes is limited to 255 characters (some of which may already be in use by custom user comments). I'm actually considering limiting my tag format length."

note that in practice, since most tracks get limited comments, my tag format takes fewer characters, and is more flexible, plus more readable since the user doesn't have to make the comment column wide enough to read past the head tag; eating quite a lot of my own dog food, i've never run out of space in the comment field

later you wrote: "The problem with an external database is that the tags would not travel with the song file itself, which would normally be annoying for a user. Also, iTunes Smart Playlists cannot access external information. I wrote TuneTags to make it easier to build more intricate Smart Playlists."

true, though of course there are workarounds for both of these; if/when i build the external database, my main reason would be to enable more detailed analysis and rework than is possible within iTunes

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Monday, June 20 2005 @ 01:02 PM PDT