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Make the .wav metadata warning go away!
Any time I want to edit metadata for .wav's, it always comes up with that warning window saying the file can't store metadata and that songbird metadata is now 'inconsistent' with file metadata. After being told about 200 times, I don't really want to know. Can we add in a "don't show this message again" option?
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Inappropriate?Other players have the same issue, ostensibly because WAV lacks a unified format for storing metadata. This actually seems odd to me, considering that professional software [such as Sound Forge et al] allow the writing of metadata to WAV with no issues - perhaps this is a patent encumbrance issue [as WAV is a Microsoft container format].
Perhaps a better idea than simply disabling the warning would be to warn the user on the first attempt in any given session of metadata editing, with the option [on the warning dialogue] to disregard further warnings during the current session. This makes sense to me at least, as the warning is there for good reason and people may get confused that their changes aren't saved if the warning is simply disabled. -
Inappropriate?Just because other music players do it too doesn't mean that it should be there. I can't imagine there are awfully many people out there who edit metadata in Songbird with the express, sole purpose of editing the metadata in the music file - surely if they wanted to do that, they'd edit the file itself. Whereas if I edit metadata in Songbird, I want it to show up in songbird, I don't really care if it shows up in the file itself or not. I still think there should be a 'don't show me again' option, which would apply to all sessions.
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Inappropriate?Alternative idea, then: alter the error to read something like, "Your metadata changes can not be written to the file in question, but will be stored in your Songbird database. The metadata will not show anywhere but in Songbird." along with the "don't show me again" checkbox.
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this is one of the best points
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Inappropriate?So...let me clarify. You want a message saying that the file can't store metadata, but it will be in Songbird, and then below that message you want a "never show me again" option, after which you get a message telling you that the file can't store metadata, but it will be in Songbird? Is that the gist of what you want to happen?
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Inappropriate?I'd suggest they change the message that first comes up [the one you want to go away] to warn that metadata is not stored in the file itself [as this is a point of confusion for the majority of users who don't understand or care that WAV cannot store their metadata] etc., along with your requested "don't tell me again." One warning with the option to make it go away, as the warning does belong there at least once.
