Version: >1.4.5 (using KDE KDE 3.5.6) Installed from: Gentoo Packages Sometimes I just want to copy some files to another folder/storage device/... which is not integrated into Amarok as collection directory or media player, so I'd like to have a "Custom directory ..." entry in the target dropdown menu in the "Organize Files" dialog. When picking the "Custom directory ..." entry from the dropdown menu, a filepicker should show up to select the directory where the files should be copied to. Thank you! Elias P.
Hi, I agree that this functionality would be great, however to implement this would not be trivial and in truth would extend Amarok beyond its stated domain. Amarok is a tool to manage your collection of Music, and -- perhaps unfortunately -- we have defined that collection to be what you setup in Amarok and what is stored in the data base. There are other tools (see music brainz picard, or Kid3) that can help you do this.
I don't understand, what would make this "not trivial"? I think it would just need this: - Add an entry to the dropdown field which triggers a directory picker window - Set the variable which contains the target-directory to the result of the directory picker window instead of the collection path of a selected collection. - Do a 'copy' instead of a 'move' operation when running the file organizer process - Don't update the DB for each "organized" track as the files went to a custom directory outside the collection None of these points look to me like it would need a lot of changes to the collection management etc. Setting the bug to REOPENED - please keep it this way or close it with a short explanation of the trouble implementing this feature would cause.
Elias, sorry, but this is the developers decision. Please do not reopen this report or make a patch in a merge request. Just be aware that the Amarok team decides what is merged, so reopening reports is not the way to go.
On another note: I've stated a major cleanup and refactor of the Organize feature. De-coupling the logic from the GUI as it should've been in the first place. So its possible that this feature could end up elsewhere in Amarok or as a standlone app. Maybe adding an Organize option in Amarok's file browser? IMHO, that wouldn't break the conceptual model we have going on.