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===Automatization===
===More Interface Thoughts===

Here are some notes that I scrawled out in response to [[User:DonRedman|DonRedman]]'s Picard Mock up:

[[Image:picard_notes.jpg]]

Notes:
# The current left hand side panel can still exist in the new picard -- it should be off by default but with an F key someone can toggle it open, drag some files and then toggle it closed again. People who don't care for it, never see it.
# Instead of relying an a tree to collect all the matched album information, use one control to list all albums (#2) and another control to list all the tracks of the selected album (#5).
# Panel #2 lists all the tracks currently being processed with the icons as in your proposal
# Panel #4 contains a tree control that lists all the album groups

I think this design too will be overwhelming for the user. I need to ponder more details on how files should flow through picard. -- [[User:RobertKaye|RobertKaye]]

====Variant 1====

If we drop pane #4 and have #3 take up all the vertical space and then list album groups in #3 we can simplify the UI a little. By doing this we are grouping like data (groups and albums) as opposed to giving them seperate panels. In panel #3, albums have one icon, groups have another -- the albums/groups are shown in a list with a column headings: album, artist, x of y, %match, unsaved. The track listing has a header that shows icon, #, name and duration.

This interface works for these three UI approaches:
# Drag and drop: drag a file from #2 to #3 and we attempt to match it to the proper track in the target album. Drag a file to #5 onto a specific track to match the file to the target track. (File can also be dragged from #1) To move a track to a different slot in the album, drag it. Album groups can be matched to albums by dragging them onto albums.
# Buttons: "Move to album" does the match to album (as D&D to #3). An Up button moves the file up one track, down moves it down one track. How can we find a way to use a button to guide a file from #2 to a specifc track? How can we merge/match albums/groups with buttons?
# Keyboard: Shift-right arrow, performs the same as "move to album" button. In #5 shift up/down move the file up/down one track. To match an group to an album or to merge two groups/albums: Hold shift and then press up or down until the selection is placed over the album/group that you want to move this group/album to -- then release shift and the group/album gets matched/merged.

===Automation===


Of course the cool stuff is that all this should be mostly automatic.
Of course the cool stuff is that all this should be mostly automatic.

Revision as of 09:16, 29 March 2006

RobertKaye and DonRedman have started to work an an intuitive user interface for the PicardTagger, because the current one is, well, shitty.

The new interface has two panes that each has a tree-like structure. The left pane represents unmatched stuff, and the right one matched stuff.

This means you load files into the left pane. You can group them by album there, and analyze them so that they get PUIDs, but that is about it.

You can load metadata from MusicBrainz into the left pane, and then you can match files by dragging them (or the whole album group) into the left pane.

PicardMockup2.jpg

More Interface Thoughts

Here are some notes that I scrawled out in response to DonRedman's Picard Mock up:

picard notes.jpg

Notes:

  1. The current left hand side panel can still exist in the new picard -- it should be off by default but with an F key someone can toggle it open, drag some files and then toggle it closed again. People who don't care for it, never see it.
  2. Instead of relying an a tree to collect all the matched album information, use one control to list all albums (#2) and another control to list all the tracks of the selected album (#5).
  3. Panel #2 lists all the tracks currently being processed with the icons as in your proposal
  4. Panel #4 contains a tree control that lists all the album groups

I think this design too will be overwhelming for the user. I need to ponder more details on how files should flow through picard. -- RobertKaye

Variant 1

If we drop pane #4 and have #3 take up all the vertical space and then list album groups in #3 we can simplify the UI a little. By doing this we are grouping like data (groups and albums) as opposed to giving them seperate panels. In panel #3, albums have one icon, groups have another -- the albums/groups are shown in a list with a column headings: album, artist, x of y, %match, unsaved. The track listing has a header that shows icon, #, name and duration.

This interface works for these three UI approaches:

  1. Drag and drop: drag a file from #2 to #3 and we attempt to match it to the proper track in the target album. Drag a file to #5 onto a specific track to match the file to the target track. (File can also be dragged from #1) To move a track to a different slot in the album, drag it. Album groups can be matched to albums by dragging them onto albums.
  2. Buttons: "Move to album" does the match to album (as D&D to #3). An Up button moves the file up one track, down moves it down one track. How can we find a way to use a button to guide a file from #2 to a specifc track? How can we merge/match albums/groups with buttons?
  3. Keyboard: Shift-right arrow, performs the same as "move to album" button. In #5 shift up/down move the file up/down one track. To match an group to an album or to merge two groups/albums: Hold shift and then press up or down until the selection is placed over the album/group that you want to move this group/album to -- then release shift and the group/album gets matched/merged.

Automation

Of course the cool stuff is that all this should be mostly automatic.

Picard will have an AI called "Data" that will try the following:

  1. read the metadata of new tracks
  2. if at least n files have the same album tag, group them.
  3. do a lucene lookup for each album and load the metadata of the first match into the right pane, if the match is better than n%
  4. move the files over to the right, if they match better than m% (> n%)
  5. for the remaining files (ungrouped or no exact enough lucene match)
    1. analyze them and create a PUID
    2. lookup that PUID
    3. load that track's metadata into the right pane
    4. move the track into the right pane

While doing this Data should comment all his actions in a log window. Ideally each action could be reverted (unless something has been done on top of it). If you want to be really cool, then each file will have an action history, and you could undo steps for each file.

Also the different aspects of the AI should be switchable via options:

  • Group files into albums [yes/no] if at least [n] files have the same album tag.
  • Lookup albums by tag (Lucene enabled text search) [yes/no]
    • Required match to automatically load album data into Picard [n%]
    • Required match to automatically assign files to album [m%]
  • Lookup files by PIUD (acoustic fingerprint) [yes/no]