in-progress
A FUSE-based filesystem which reads arbitrary metadata and presents a faceted-search-style view on the containing directories.
Media file organization: id3 is insufficient for correctly organized mp3 collections, video/media collections have no such standard.
Most media management programs organize only files, but the logical unit of organization is the directory, not the file. An "album" may contain mp3/flac/ogg files, cover/cd scans, text files, etc. A "movie" may contain multiple video files, samples, subtitles, cover scans, etc.
urchin-fs supports filtering on multiple facets, where the result is
entries which match all given facets. Facets are nested in a ^
directory, where ^ is the symbol for the
AND operation.
$ ls -1 example/
^
Easter Parade (1948, color)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955, bw)
The Lady Vanishes (1938, bw)
The Naked City (1948, bw)
$ ls -1 example/^/
color
year
$ ls -1 example/^/year/1948/
^
+
Easter Parade (1948, color)
The Naked City (1948, bw)
$ ls -1 example/^/year/1948/^/color/bw/
^
+
Easter Parade (1948, color)
The Naked City (1948, bw)
Each facet can be specified with multiple values, where the results
have one of these values. Values are nested in a + directory,
where + is the symbol for the
OR operation.
(v was not used since it would be sorted as a letter, ∨
(vel) was not used
since it cannot easily be typed on an average keyboard, and | was
not used since it has special meaning on the command line).
$ ls -1 example/
^
Easter Parade (1948, color)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955, bw)
The Lady Vanishes (1938, bw)
The Naked City (1948, bw)
$ ls -1 example/^/year/
1938
1948
1955
$ ls -1 example/^/year/1948/
^
+
Easter Parade (1948, color)
The Naked City (1948, bw)
$ ls -1 example/^/year/1948/+/1955/
^
+
Easter Parade (1948, color)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955, bw)
The Naked City (1948, bw)
Originally, urchin-fs prefixed its facets with + and used +OR for
providing additional values, but
UTF-8 collation rules
ignore punctuation in the first sorting stage, which resulted in the
facets being mixed in with the directory listings.
sudo apt-get install fuse libfuse-dev python-fuse python-mutagen
pip install inotify
python setup.py sdist