Feature description:
I’m unable to incorporate tag updates in my files so that changes apply to more than just my Symfonium database on my Android Device. I understand rewriting files is really tricky on Android, which makes rewriting tags a major pain. The internal database solution to this problem is a good solution (and much appreciated!).
Because of the jankiness of Android permissions ruling out updating files directly through Symfonium, I propose a way to allow for original file updates that:
1-Is source independent
2-Doesn’t mess with rewriting files
3-Could be fairly straightforward to implement.
There are two parts to the solution:
1: List all of the changes to IDVx data hosted in the Symfonium database. For example, a user changes the rating to 4 stars, or the artist name spelling.
2: Upon user request (ie, push a button, use an intent, or on a schedule in the app), in a folder dedicated to this purpose (ie, “TagUpdates”) recreate the folder structure for the files that have different “tag” data based on the Symfonium database and then copy the files with tag changes into the new folder structure.
The user could then copy the new files over top of the existing file structure on whatever data source they are using (local or otherwise etc).
The biggest challenge here is possibly making a tag rewriting system if that is not already coded. If this is too much work, a good starting place might be an option to export a user-readable list of tags that are different in the Symfonium database than in the original files.
If that’s still too much of a pain, then API access to the database might be a different starting point.
Problem solved:
I’m unable to incorporate tag updates in my files so that changes apply to more than just my Symfonium database on my Android Device.
Brought benefits:
This would make Symfonium the only Android app (aside from PowerAmp+Music Playlist Manager – which has some limitations) to provide a way for users to update their tags from their Android device based on what occurs in the music app while music is playing.
Other application solutions:
I posted a Tasker task that uses “Music Playlist Manager” with PowerAmp to update tags only for popm ratings within PowerAmp here. This is the gist of what I hope to accomplish, but PowerAmp doesn’t support half ratings – and Symfonium has more features and a better UI than PowerAmp anyway.