I completely understand where you guys are going with this... However, I think there needs to be more intelligent way of using the meta data that is there for our "use and abuse", rather than count on the directory structure... I have friends that simply dump all their music in one big music directory, and let the application use the meta data to sort through it... People are building directory structures by genre or artist or album... heck, so me might even sort by BPM... To assume that everyone keeps all their albums in a single directory might be too much of a leap...
If we simply exploit the meta data to filter the data (across file directory boundaries), I think we have a fantastic solution... Some examples: Primary Search by Artist - If I seek out Michael Jackson, then show me all the unique albums that are from Michael Jackson. And if his "Greatest Hits" album is cut across lossless and a lossy directory, ignore the file structure... why should any normal user be bound and restricted by what should be a back-room infrastructure? Primary Search by Album - If I seek out "Greatest Hits", then allow me to perform a secondary filter on artist... Again, ignoring the back-end infrastructure of file directories, etc... -- MikeekiM SqueezeCenter Running on HP EX485 MediaSmart Server (WHS) - 1 SqueezeBox Duet - 4 SqueezeBox Booms ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67444 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
