Should exported LRB songs appear as LRB or DLC?

[Ehfahq]

"but you seriously do"

What do I have to get over? That DLC is DLC? You can bold export all day long. Its still DLC.

And im still waiting to hear how the "they are downloaded songs" argument fails.

[leob5622]

It would really be more of an asthetic value but, Ehfahq's right, it doesn't matter as long as the music is there. I would like to see the 20 RB2 bonus songs listed proper with '2' as well. Heck, mark the 9 Unplugged exclusives with 'U' while we're at it. Asthetic or not, labeling the tracks would make them much easier to find.

[ricecake]

I would prefer the L:RB exports to be labeled differently from the rest of the DLC. I think the issue is that the L:RB songs are only available by exporting (this is also why I think the AC/DC pack should be separated as well). However, with the other track packs, you can get them separately from the online store without the disc (notwithstanding the track pack exclusives, which will eventually be put in the store). You do not have this option for the L:RB or AC/DC songs, as in you cannot just go to the online store to purchase them separately.

[M3wThr33]

I would like more categorizing, yeah. I think we all do. The 20 Bonus Pack was the start of it. 20 random songs interspersed into a huge library and many got lost.

[Cliphead]

They should, but in the end it doesn't matter and would have probably been more trouble than it's worth (for instance, I'm pretty sure the reason they're downloaded in the first place instead of ripped from the disc is because RB2 isn't programmed to detect LEGO songs). It's one thing to browse for easy songs, or Bon Jovi songs, or metal songs, but it doesn't seem practical to find a particular song just because it's in Rock Band 1 or Lego Rock Band or downloaded. The only real difference is whether you see an arrow or a Lego block next to the title.

[kennethv]

In Rock Band 2, I sort by Band Name, so I guess it doesn't really matter to me either way.

[Blasteroids]

I like to see where the songs come from. I view DLC as additional single/packs that I have purchased from the store. The RB1 is from a disc and L:RB is (IMHO) still from the disc. If you did not have the disc then you would not have them showing. All disc based packs should be treated this way no matter how you export them since their located was disc based.

Example..
Person1 : "Dude you do not have x song, go get it. It shows as DLC."
Person2 : "I looked at the store and its not there!!"
Person1 : "Oh yeah, I actually got it from a disc. My bad. The icon shows as DLC."

However, I am not sure how this would work for time-based disc packs that could eventually appear on the store. Suggestions anyone?

[davidshek]

The RB1 is from a disc and L:RB is (IMHO) still from the disc.

In your opinion? That doesn't make any sense. It's a fact: The L:RB songs were a downloaded pack. There's nothing there to have an opinion about.

[TVRobot]

I get the "they were downloaded so that makes them dlc" point, but i still want them to have there own thing. but yes technically they should have their own thing

[Dekieon]

When people say DLC, they are refering to songs that you can download from the rockband store. This is why many of us don't consider Lego songs as DLC. It is also resonable to believe that this is why HMX refers to this an an export even though it isn't technically exported from the cd. The reason the Lego songs are downloaded and not actually exported most likely has to do with a license issue or copy protection issue.

As for why we don't have a Lego icon for the songs, is because the older games would need to be patched in order to show up as lego songs and not DLC. Personally I think Harmonix should have just included the icon image into each song's data file like they they do with the album art, category, difficulty etc. It would only be a few bytes of data and would avoid the need to patch the older Rock Band games in order to display the songs correctly.