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<blockquote data-quote="jawbroken" data-source="post: 78026" data-attributes="member: 14372">I don't know about you (and I have no idea what your exaggeration above was about) but I would much rather lose superfluous information like ratings and number of times played than, you know, my actual music collection. That is why caution is being advocated when modifying mp3 files. You may say &quot;Oh, I don't mind if it breaks a few of my mp3s&quot; but I would guess you are in the minority. If someone downloaded MediaPortal and it corrupted their music files then I would imagine they would go out of their way in the future to tell people not to use it, etc. A few people with a bad experience like that could really work against an open source software project that relies pretty much entirely on word of mouth.So it is not that people don't want to modify mp3 files at all, just the risks need to be weighed against the rewards as many people are protective of their music collections (and rightfully so).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jawbroken, post: 78026, member: 14372"] I don't know about you (and I have no idea what your exaggeration above was about) but I would much rather lose superfluous information like ratings and number of times played than, you know, my actual music collection. That is why caution is being advocated when modifying mp3 files. You may say "Oh, I don't mind if it breaks a few of my mp3s" but I would guess you are in the minority. If someone downloaded MediaPortal and it corrupted their music files then I would imagine they would go out of their way in the future to tell people not to use it, etc. A few people with a bad experience like that could really work against an open source software project that relies pretty much entirely on word of mouth. So it is not that people don't want to modify mp3 files at all, just the risks need to be weighed against the rewards as many people are protective of their music collections (and rightfully so). [/QUOTE]

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