Bitrate

sysop · Post by **sysop** » 2003-01-16 00:14

I would like to see the bitrate of mp3 files so that we have an idea of the quality of the files we are downloading.

sandos · Post by **sandos** » 2003-01-16 01:21

sysop wrote:I would like to see the bitrate of mp3 files so that we have an idea of the quality of the files we are downloading.

In general, metadata would be nice, such as bitrate, length, codec and version, hashes, any metadata that is extractable from different filetypes.

This would, however, requiring a (small?) rewrite of dc++, which I even know that a guy have already made a long time ago, maybe a year or so. Unfortunately it seems to have been forgotten and was never taken out of testing phase.

OLDoMiNiON · Post by **OLDoMiNiON** » 2003-01-16 08:03

hmm, interesting...

it could possibly increase search bandwidth usage by a heck of a lot tho..

aDe · Post by **aDe** » 2003-01-16 08:16

yes.. but if they are returned with search results in active only or in a filelist, then it wouldnt affect the hub..

OLDoMiNiON · Post by **OLDoMiNiON** » 2003-01-16 08:24

yup, true!

Sedulus · Post by **Sedulus** » 2003-01-16 08:30

but it would still increase the sharelist load time by a huge factor..

sandos · Post by **sandos** » 2003-01-16 08:32

It could be limited in other ways.

1) require a special search be made to return metadata (maybe also require searches to be narrowed in some way)

2) Only return one or two results if they include metadata.

sandos · Post by **sandos** » 2003-01-16 08:34

Just a note: I care for passive mode users, since I am one! =)

sandos · Post by **sandos** » 2003-01-16 08:36

Another alternative also: if dc++ used hashes that can be found in the bitzi database, then all metadata can be found/serched/etc on bitzi, and only hashes need ever be sent using dc. Of course, depending on bitzi.com being alive isnt that great either.

Iceman[grrrr] · Post by **Iceman[grrrr]** » 2003-01-16 09:58

users should have the choice to enable this option for their files or not...

I recall someone saying it took a while to /refresh his files... If the metadata must be extracted from them at the same time, it may be worse...

sandos · Post by **sandos** » 2003-01-16 11:30

Iceman[grrrr] wrote:users should have the choice to enable this option for their files or not...

I recall someone saying it took a while to /refresh his files... If the metadata must be extracted from them at the same time, it may be worse...

Yup, the metadata stuff should not be entwined into the refreshing of the filelist, it should be done lazily afterwards if enabled.

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