Image/Picture tagging and smart playlists

[Elway]

Hi all, nice to be here :)

I am new to XBMC - tried a few media center applications - I like this one best - mainly because of the sleek user interface, so this is the media center application I'll be using. A job well done to all involved :grin:

Forgive me if this question has already been answered - and yes, I have googled and searched the forum....

My question is this: how to I tag photos/image/pictures and create smart playlist based on this tagging?

Example: I have family fotos from many countries, with different people in them, taken in various seasons and occasions. So, I want to tag my family photos with this information an create smart playlist with them. For example a playlist playing only fotos taken in Brazil, a playlist with only fotos of my kids, and another with birthday photos - just to mention some examples.

I am fairly decent with a computer, but I can't code :sniffle:

I run XMBC on WinXP.

Thanks for any help provided.

[jmarshall]

You can't - there is no pictures library.

[ethan_9219]

Really? There is only a file browser for images? If so, does this mean the majority of XBMC users don't view/don't wish to view photos such as family photos and the like on XBMC?

How would we go about implementing a photo library?

[jmarshall]

You could learn to program in C++ and model it somewhat on the music library, but I suspect that's a little too much to ask ;)

Given that is unlikely to be an option, wait patiently until someone who has the necessary motivation to do so, or look to implementing some sort of plugin to interact with some existing library functionality (such as the existing iPhoto plugin).

Cheers,
Jonathan

[Elway]

hhhmm...

kind of the answer I feared. People have different perceptions on what a media center should be able to do - personally, I could not care less about recording TV-shows, but would REALLY like to be able to organise photos - in a tag & smart playlist manner.

I think I saw something on Flickr/XBMC integration somewhere - anybody has any info on if that may be an option. I'd prefer to store my photos locally instead of online, but hey.....

[ethan_9219]

Well....I certainly have the motivation to see something like this take off. But, sadly, i don't have the technical knowledge to make it happen. At most, i could only throw ideas around.

But, i actually came to XBMC in the hopes that i could view *all* of my media in one place. I guess i just assumed image viewing was a ssophisticated as movies and tv shows