Bug 296049 - JJ: Support MediaArtStorageSpec
Summary: JJ: Support MediaArtStorageSpec
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: amarok
Classification: Applications
Component: Collections/Local (show other bugs)
Version: 2.5-git
Platform: unspecified Linux
: VLO wishlist
Target Milestone: 2.7
Assignee: Amarok Developers
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Reported: 2012-03-15 09:29 UTC by Bart Cerneels
Modified: 2014-10-27 11:10 UTC (History)
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Description Bart Cerneels 2012-03-15 09:29:34 UTC
MediaArtStorageSpec provides a mechanism for applications to store and retrieve artwork associated with media content, like music from an album, the logo for a radio station, or a graphic representing a podcast. The storage medium for artwork is a file system, inside a user's home directory.

It's already in use by Banshee and tracker on the Nokia N9 smartphone.
If we save album art using this spec it will be picked up by those applications. If we search for album art using this spec we avoid overhead and reduce code complexity.

This can be implemented in the Amarok CollectionScanner, nepomuk and other KDE components where it makes sense.

https://live.gnome.org/MediaArtStorageSpec
http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2011/08/18/avoiding-duplicate-album-art-storage-on-the-n9
Comment 1 Bart Cerneels 2012-03-15 09:30:22 UTC
Could be a season of KDE or big Junior Job task.
Comment 2 Bart Cerneels 2012-03-15 09:39:20 UTC
The spec also contains support for artist art. Using this we could add real artist pictures to the collection browser.
Comment 3 Bart Cerneels 2012-03-15 09:42:29 UTC
In UMSCollectionLocation, when copying tracks onto (for instance) a N9, it would be preferred to also use this spec. Avoiding extra copies of art embedded in each track.
Comment 4 Myriam Schweingruber 2014-10-27 11:10:35 UTC
well, not really a needed feature, as it relies on a Gnome library, and no other player than Banshee implements that spec...