Song file (sng) Properties

[JimChw2021]

I'm looking at ways to organize and search JJazzLab song files in Windows. Many Windows apps have a Properties selection in the File menu. I'm thinking about properties like BPM, Key, Title as well as custom properties that can be discoverable by Windows for the purpose of searching. I'm reluctant to encode info as part of the filename. The info would be maintained manually or automatically from within JJazzlab.

[jjazzboss]

You mean, in Windows file explorer, being able to sort/filter .sng files using custom attributes (bpm, ...) ? That would require some custom windows development independently of JJazzLab.

What could be doable is to have additional field(s) in the Open songs dialog so that user can filter the displayed song files ("show only song files with bpm > 150"). JJazzLab uses the standard java open file dialog so there are limitations.

[JimChw2021]

Thanks for the reply. Any type of filtering help is appreciated. I view the sng file as a hybrid audio file and have a desire to see metadata attached to the file similiar to audio files so that I can do some things outside of JJazzLab. I wasn't sure if adding a kind of Properties class to the Song would help Windows "see" the metadata. Or if the Save/Serialize function allows adding metadata. I wanted to bring up the idea in case it was a no-brainer to implement (which it never is it seems).

I'm grateful for the work you do on JJazzLab.