About
Summary
This plugin collects metadata by checking the directory where the music is located.
Full
Mdcover plugin is a for gmpc. It looks in the location where the music file is located to collect metadata. It does this based on a set of rules.
Parsing rules
- Cover art
Cover art is searched in the directory the song is located. It looks for .gif,.png,.jpg,.jpeg files. dot files are ignored beside .folder.jpg. If the last directory in the path is CD [0-9] or DISC [0-9] mdcover also checks the parent directory.
- Artist Art
In the directory of the song mdcover checks for $artist.jpg, it also checks the parent directories.
- Biography
In the directory of the song mdcover checks for BIOGRAPHY, it also checks the parent directories.
- Album information
In the directory of the song mdcover checks for $album.txt, it also checks the parent directories.
- Lyrics
In the directory of the song mdcover checks for $title.lyrics.
Requirements
- gtk+-2.0
- libmpd
- gmpc
Download
Stable
Old
Unstable
This plugin is located on repo.or.cz here
To get a checkout:
git clone git://repo.or.cz/gmpc-mdcover.git
Development
ToDo
- Write down the rules it uses to find the metadata.