Bugzilla – Bug 4452
Display all tag data on song page
Last modified: 2011-01-24 00:04:02 UTC
The page displayed when you click on an individual song is depressingly uncluttered. Perhaps we could exercise Slimserver's tag parsing functions and display every shred of tag data that Slimserver sees in the file. ID3v1, ID3v2, APE, whatever. This might allow users and our support team to better diagnose tag-related problems.
Great idea. Of course you'd have to do this on the fly, as much of the tag data is never saved in the database. I think it would be better as a separate page beyond the song page, as this info just isn't needed 99% of the time. Maybe better as a plugin. I suggested something similar to the developer of Mp3tag - giving users some way to see _every_ tag detail, including the name of each tag, the tag type, and the value - and he politely refused. This would be a very powerful diagnostic tool and would likely go a long way toward helping users sort out tagging issues.
Yeah a plugin might be good. You could throw additional info into the plugin, as well. Like if you have two sets of tags that are wildly different, for instance, you could put up a big warning. :)
This has been implemented for some time (not sure when, exactly).