dbls Wrote: > > What really baffles me is that Slimserver is even looking > at the part of the file name that contains the music > library. My top two Guess Tag formats are: > > ARTIST/ALBUM/TRACKNUM TITLE > ARTIST/ALBUM/TITLE > > and yet Slimserver insists upon using the server name for > ARTIST and the main folder name for ALBUM, with every > track title being the artist name, and is throwing away > the most significant part of the file name. > > I'd love to write a patch, but I don't know Perl (yet); I > could write what's needed in about ten minutes in APL. > > Frankly, I don't understand how "Guess Tags" can work any > other way than what I've stated; the last part of the file > name (after the last / or \) would, with my formats, be > matched with either TRACKNUM TITLE or TITLE, and parsing > would proceed upward from there. Why does Slimserver seem > to start at the highest folder level, when the most > pertinent information is at the end of the name? > > I originally had my formats with a leading slash, but in > that case the untagged WAV files weren't found at all, > though I could navigate to them via Browse Music Folder. > > Given my library structure, what Guess Tag formats would > work? Do you have \\servername\Music specified as your music folder or are you using a Windows shortcut to point to the folder?
This definitely sounds like a bug, probably related to Windows paths. File a report. Until the bug is fixed, try to trick SlimServer into parsing the path correctly. I'd try: GENRE/CT/ARTIST/ALBUM/TRACKNUM TITLE GENRE/CT/ARTIST/ALBUM/TITLE -- JJZolx _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
