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diff --git a/doc/sticker.xml b/doc/sticker.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4760954e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/sticker.xml @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +<?xml version='1.0' encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" + "docbook/dtd/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> +<book> + <title>The Music Player Daemon Sticker Database</title> + + <chapter> + <title>Introduction to MPD's Sticker Database</title> + <para> + This document shell give a short guideline for recommended tags + for use in MPD's Sticker Database. + MPD's Sticker Database is a subsystem that enables users to add + custom tags. MPD does not alter the media files. + </para> + </chapter> + + <chapter> + <title>Guideline for recommended tags</title> + <para> + Since there is no standard for tags in media files, this + document is trying to give you some help deciding what tags to + use. The selection of these tags tries to cover the most + widely used tags. This way the tags might still work in other + players, if you sync the database with your original media + files. + </para> + + <tag> + <name>Rating</name> + <value>1-5</value> + <para> + Will store a rating value from 1 (worst) to 5 (best) for a given song. + </para> + </tag> + + <tag> + <name>Album Rating</name> + <value>1-5</value> + <para> + Will store a rating value from 1 (worst) to 5 (best) for a given album. + </para> + </tag> + + <tag> + <name>Style</name> + <value>Keyword</value> + <para> + This tag is used to keep the Genre tag clean, by now having 1000's of genres. + Instead you define a Main Genre for each file and can make a more specific + description. This should be one Keyword like "Post Punk" or "Progressive Death Metal" + An Alternative name for this tag is "Subgenre", time will tell which one gets + more support. + </para> + </tag> + + <tag> + <name>Lyrics</name> + <value>The lyrics of the song, including header with Artist - Title</value> + <para> + This one is self explaining. This gives the option to store lyrics of + a song where they belong to: mapped to the song + </para> + </tag> + + <tag> + <name>Similar Artists</name> + <value>Comma seperated list of artists</value> + <para> + This tag enables a last.fm alike aproach which will still work when being offline + Keep in mind, that this tag is absolutely non-standard! I am not aware of any + other player that uses a comparable tag. + </para> + </tag> + </chapter> +</book> |