Re: [StreamOnTheFly] podcasting - dirty hack :-)

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Wolfgang Reutz wrote:

>     it's quite dirty, but now iPodder saves the files as "fid_668mf218.mp3"
> 
> Please folks tell me if this is ok and if i should add it to the cvs?
> at present podcasting is not working on mac os x !!!

No, this is not dirty at all, the same trick is used for playlists as well.
I suggest to commit these changes into CVS.

> And there is another problem:
> when you upload files to the node, the id3 info of the files gets erased 
> and replaced with some (internal) info like station id.
> The files end up with title "untitled" , artist "" and album "id: 668pr110"
> 
> I think that is a very bad behaviour, especially when you spent hours 
> with organizing your mp3 library.

This is done in sotf_Programme.class.php in function saveID3().
Feel free to do some cosmetics on this method, as it was done in a hurry.

There are 2 conflicting things:
1. Existing id3 info is usually valuable (but sometimes it may contain 
offensive content, ads or rubbish when used maliciously or by beginners).
2. SOTF is meant to be a real archive, and therefore it takes over also id3 
tags. At least some reference to SOTF or an URL to its current location 
would be necessary (as you also suggest). But ID3v1 tags are too short for 
an URL.

Note that ID3v2 tags are not handled yet...


Andras