Import iTunes DB

Registered by Gunnar Holmberg

Extend the external database importer to include iTunes database.
This can either be done by reading the XML, or by using a database API (if available). Choose the method that is the fastest, but does not lock the GUI. Data should be imported and stored in the Elisa database. The DB-importer should also store the Playlists and path thereto. As a next step, Elisa should also be able to read & import the playlists themselves, and display them under Playlists in the GUI.

As a first step, the only feedback to the user given that this action takes place, should be that instead of "Scanning Media" it can show the process-info "Importing Metadata". The actual mediascanning can start after or be phased-in in parallel with this import process.

If possible (by comparing update-dates), only the latest added stuff should be re-imported the next launch - and if nothing has changed since last import, the importer should not read through & import the whole DB again.

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Not started
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Priority:
Medium
Drafter:
Benjamin Kampmann
Direction:
Approved
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Definition:
New
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