kreed/vanilla — Issue #33: add files by path
Author: chrysn
Created: 2011-11-29 14:35:33+00:00
State: open

vanilla, as of version 0.1, doesn't let the user add songs based on file system structures.

file system structures are important in two situations:

* if files are not properly tagged and just organized in folders
* if files are tagged properly (eg based on musicbrainz data), but there are personal criteria like "dance music / rumba / slow" that can not be expressed easily in tags (let alone the ones parsed by vanilla), and which playlists are not appropriate for either for lack of hierarchy.

please add a file system mode which sorts media files by path.

i'd suggest a fifth tab in the "add song" view, which shows the sub-tree of the file system that contains the known music files and defaults to the deepest folder that contains music. sub-directories that only contain one further sub-directory that contains music might be collapsed.