• Registered: 2008-01-05
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Topic: file info reloads (scrolling) every time i open cog

Hey,
I have 8000 flac tracks in my version of cog. Every time i open the program the song info loads and scrolls from top to bottom? Any way to keep that information static so when it opens its already there?

If not no problem, totally love the app! just figure it might be a little easier if there was a way to save the track info.

Thanks,
john

  • Registered: 2007-07-08
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Re: file info reloads (scrolling) every time i open cog

This isn't a bug, that's how its designed. I'll move it to a feature request, though I don't know if it will be acted on.

My feelings are that Cog is not a database player, so it generally will not be storing metadata about the files that are loaded.

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Re: file info reloads (scrolling) every time i open cog

Well, perhaps not store it in a "permanent" way like iTunes or other library-based players do.

But rather perhaps "cache" it? (don't know if that's the right word)

For hundred- or thousand-song playlists, this could be a big improvement.

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Re: file info reloads (scrolling) every time i open cog

My thoughts were that it could be stored in the m3u playlist, but there needs to be some architecture changes to pull that out properly.

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Re: file info reloads (scrolling) every time i open cog

M3U, you say?

That's what Winamp does, I believe.

#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:180,Artist Name - Song Name 1
filename1.mp3
#EXTINF:240,Artist Name - Song Name 1
filename1.mp3
#EXTINF:360,Artist Name - Song Name 2
subfolder\filename2.mp3

etc.

The first number is the song length in seconds.

Of course, Winamp only displays the time, artist metadata and title metadata (by default anyway) so it'd be a bit different in Cog's case.

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Re: file info reloads (scrolling) every time i open cog

Yes, exactly. However, Cog doesn't support loading metadata from playlists. Maybe in the future when things are flexible enough for that to be possible.