#12754: MediaPlayer record playcount in attribute
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Reporter: xray7224 | Owner: stippi
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: low | Milestone: Unscheduled
Component: Applications/MediaPlayer | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords: playcount, attribute
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Comment (by xray7224):
Those are valid concerns however I'd argue it does make a lot of sense.
The main reason for wanting it as a file system attribute is that it'd let
you easily query using this attribute e.g. a playcount <= 0 would produce
unplayed media useful for films or TV programmes one might want to watch.
As a file system attribute it'd be visible via the standard BeOS API, the
file manager and command line tools allowing the user to show/hide the
field, sort by the field, query by the field, etc. The fact this would
just be a common attribute stored on the file would mean that any
mediaplayer for haiku could use it and changing mediaplayers wouldn't
cause you to loose your play count like what happens in most other
operating systems.
I agree if you had multiple users who shared the same files it would
likely not be ideal (though sometimes perhaps it might). Haiku however is
largely a single user operating system and while technically new users can
be created and files can be transferred to other systems or even volumes
shared, I think the benefit of having it a generic attribute shared across
the system and software outweighs the potential problems multi-users might
cause. It's similar although granted not the same as the "rating"
attribute, while ratings could be useful to other people, I think they'll
often be personal to the user and what their tastes are.
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