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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

0.20.0

Old

0.19.0

0.18.0

0.17.0

0.16.0

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.
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