write list of tracks played to comments tag of recordings

[Be]

Currently, providing attribution for the tracks played in a mix requires finding the Mixxx session in the history feature of the library and manually transcribing the metadata. It would be nice if Mixxx could do this automatically by writing to the comments tag of the recorded mix.

[gramanas (gramanas)]

A mockup of how that would work:

User presses record.
If no music is playing nothing happens.
If a deck (or more) are playing we keep the song titles (plus timestamps).
Every time a deck starts playing another song, the title is inserted in the list (plus timestamps).
When user presses record again to stop the recording, the list is turned into
a string witch is then written to the comment field of the recording.

By timestamps I mean [0:45] indicating when the song started.
Timestamps could be optional (some might want them, others not)

In the Recording pane in the Preferences under Tags we could add a comment input
along with some checkboxes for auto comment generation with the above method.

[JosepMa (josepma)]

Are you aware that in case of recording (to a file), you can create a cue file which is a representation of that? (Aside of the benefits of having a .cue file with software that recognizes it, to begin with)

Of course, additionally having that information in the comments could be of use to someone, but overall I believe it's fine as it is.

[Kshitij Gupta (kshitij98)]

I think that having a list of songs in the comment section also can be an advantage to the user as if he wants to have a more readable list of songs, he will not be required to have a software to support .cue files or have to convert the .cue file in some other format.

[Swiftb0y (swiftb0y)]

Mixxx now uses GitHub for bug tracking. This bug has been migrated to:
https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx/issues/9134