Philip Meyer;361144 Wrote:
> I agree. I've mentioned the favorites handling of local music before.
> Essentially, SC stores the album name as an identifier for the
> favorite, rather than internal id's. So if you store a "Greatest Hits"
> album as a favorite, there's a good chance you won't get what you expect
> when you try to play that favorite back. eg. when you scan new albums
> in, you may affect an existing favorite.
>
> I guess this was done, as a complete clear and rescan would result in
> new identifiers (eg. an album id).
>
> The same issue can occur with artist names - there could be two artists
> with the same name. eg. "Blue October" is a Rock band from USA, but a
> UK band exists as the same name. "Nirvana" was another example. So
> you can't necessarily set an artist as a unique favorite too.
>
> It's unlikely that two bands that share the same name also share the
> same album title, and that a user would want to set one as a favorite.
> I think therefore that the album artist name and the album name need to
> be referenced in the favorite to uniquely identify an album favorite.
> However, not even this is full-proof, in that there can be several
> albums with the same name by "Various Artists".
I agree, something needs to be thought up to combat this, and using two
fields as an identifier seems a good start.
Philip Meyer;361144 Wrote:
> I too dislike that I can't drill down into a local music favorite. eg.
> set an album as a favorite - if I navigate to that favorite, I expect
> to be able to navigate into the album (eg. use right-arrow on a
> standard remote, or click the favorite name in the WebUI).to see the
> list of tracks.
I found this out this morning! Indeed, this should be implemented, too.
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