[vorbis] Tag Recommendations: Addressed Concerns That Were Raised

[Segher Boessenkool]

Ben Pearre wrote:
> 
> > > >If, on the other hand, you want to search for a certain file, you should
> > > >use some library program.  A database like that restricts the user in
> > >
> > > I disagree.  I see no reason standard unix command line tools like grep,
> > > in conjunction with the vorbiscomment utility, shouldn't be sufficient
> > > to find the Ogg I want by the contents of its comment fields.
> >
> > Ah great, let's drop all database technology and go back 30+ years in time.
> 
> If you have a hammer, all problems start to look like nails.

[...snip...]

<p>You misunderstand.  I'm still talking about player programs here.

A player program should _not_ try to read all of your Vorbis files to
construct a playlist/column view/whatever.  It will take way too long,
for one thing.  Instead, it should keep its own databse.  Doing that
has much more advantages, as well, like separating player program and
user data views, failure of which to do causes crap flamewars like
all this.  A computer program is not a human.  A human is not a computer
program.

<p>Segher

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