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diff --git a/emms.texinfo b/emms.texinfo index 8b07ec5..1ef3173 100644 --- a/emms.texinfo +++ b/emms.texinfo @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Installation Info Tags * Ogg Info:: Reading ogg info tags -* MP3 Info:: Reading mp3 info tags +* mp3 Info:: Reading mp3 info tags @end detailmenu Extending Emms @@ -619,16 +619,15 @@ Sentinel for determining the end of process for the process @var{proc} and the sentinel string @var{str}. @end defun -@c FIXME finish writing this @node Playlists @chapter Playlists @cindex organizing tracks and media -Emms uses an Emacs buffer to store a list of media tracks to be -played. We call it a ``playlist buffer'' or an ``Emms playlist -buffer''. Emms then proceeds to play the media tracks from top to -bottom until it reaches the end of the playlist buffer. +Emms uses Emacs buffers to store the media tracks for playing. We call +one such buffer a ``playlist buffer'' or an ``Emms playlist +buffer''. Emms then proceeds to play the media tracks in the buffer +from top to bottom until the end of the playlist. The name of the playlist buffer is defined in the variable @var{emms-playlist-buffer-name} and is set to be an invisible Emacs @@ -674,7 +673,7 @@ Then you register it with emms-info, by adding it to If you wish to use 'emms-info-mp3info' you will need the mp3info program which is available at http://www.ibiblio.org/mp3info/. -Otherwise Emms will display an error when you attempt to access MP3 +Otherwise Emms will display an error when you attempt to access mp3 info. @lisp @@ -682,52 +681,32 @@ info. @end lisp @noindent -There are already two predefined methods for retrieving info +Emms is distributed with two predefined methods for retrieving +info. These and all other methods for retrieving info from media +tracks are managed by the `emms-info' feature defined in the file +@file{emms-info.el}. @menu -* Ogg Info:: Reading ogg info tags -* MP3 Info:: Reading mp3 info tags +* Ogg Info:: Reading Ogg info tags +* mp3 Info:: Reading mp3 info tags @end menu -@c FIXME: check that these still exist -@defun emms-info-get-cached track -Return cached info for the track @var{track}, nil of no cache. -@end defun -@defun emms-info-set-cached -Set cached info for @var{track} to @var{info} -@end defun -@defun emms-info-method-for track -Return an info-method suitable for @var{track}. -@end defun -@defun emms-info-get track &optional dont-use-cached -Return an emms-info structure representing the track @var{track}. -if @var{dont-USE-CACHED} is non-nil, then always read from the file. -@end defun -@defun emms-info-get-multiple callback tracks &optional dont-use-cached -Asynchronously get all info tags from the tracks in the listlaw -@var{tracks}. For each file, call @var{callback} with the track and the info -structure. -@end defun -@defun emms-info-set track info -Set the info of the file @var{track} to the emms-info structure @var{info}. -@end defun -@defun emms-info-file-info-song-artist track -Returns a description of @var{track}, build from it's comments. -If @var{emms-info-methods-list} indicates how to retrieve special info -about it, use this. Otherwise returns the name alone. -@end defun +There are a number of user variables which control the behaviour of +`emms-info'. -@defopt emms-info-methods-list -List of info-methods. You need to set this! +@defopt emms-info-auto-update +Non-nil when Emms should update track information if the file changes. +This will cause hard drive activity on track loading. If this is too +annoying for you, set this variable to nil. @end defopt -@defopt emms-info-cache -Boolean value, indicating whether or not to use a cache for -info-structures. +@defopt emms-info-asynchronously +Non-nil when track information should be loaded asynchronously. This +requires the feature `later-do' which is provided by the file +@file{later-do.el}, which should come with Emms. @end defopt -@defopt emms-info-get-multiple-idletime -The number of seconds emacs should be idle to get the next info. -Increase this if emacs becomes unresponsive when building the -playlist. +@defopt emms-info-functions +Functions which add information to tracks. Each is called with a +track as argument. @end defopt @c FIXME: update this to emms-info-ogginfo.el @@ -758,8 +737,8 @@ Retrieve an emms-info structure as an ogg-comment @end defun @c FIXME: update this for the latest version of mp3info -@node MP3 Info -@section MP3 Info +@node mp3 Info +@section mp3 Info This code has been adapted from code found in mp3player.el, written by Jean-Philippe Theberge @email{jphiltheberge@@videotron.ca}, Mario Domgoergen |