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Re:VLC and Qt – A History [video] by jpfr on Sunday November 15, 2020 @01:01PM (#25103217)
I still have my files from 20 years ago.

I don't have my "media libraries" from 20 years ago.

As soon as a tool tries to move my files into an internal representatation I cannot control, I delete the tool.

Re:VLC and Qt – A History [video] by ubercow13 on Sunday November 15, 2020 @01:07PM (#25103270)
I have my media library from 20 years ago: it is embedded in my music files using standardised tagging formats. Any in-software 'media-library' I have used in that time has simply been a cache of and search interface for this metadata. Similarly some video files support tags and there are some standards for external metadata storage that can live next to the files I believe.

I highly doubt the music file metadata shown in the video only exists in an opaque internal representation within VLC.

Re:VLC and Qt – A History [video] by kalleboo on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:58AM (#25108571)
I've been using iTunes since 1.0, which was 19 years ago, so practically I actually do still have my media library from 20 years ago.