From dc7d70ee26c568b2f0581aa2b7ad6154e3514e11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rasmus Steinke Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:13:55 +0100 Subject: sticker: added guidelines for sticker names --- doc/sticker.xml | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/sticker.xml (limited to 'doc') 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 @@ + + + + The Music Player Daemon Sticker Database + + + Introduction to MPD's Sticker Database + + 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. + + + + + Guideline for recommended tags + + 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. + + + + Rating + 1-5 + + Will store a rating value from 1 (worst) to 5 (best) for a given song. + + + + + Album Rating + 1-5 + + Will store a rating value from 1 (worst) to 5 (best) for a given album. + + + + + Style + Keyword + + 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. + + + + + Lyrics + The lyrics of the song, including header with Artist - Title + + This one is self explaining. This gives the option to store lyrics of + a song where they belong to: mapped to the song + + + + + Similar Artists + Comma seperated list of artists + + 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. + + + + -- cgit v1.2.3