To my understanding there are (at least) two different kind of criteria which leads to the need of library subsets. There are subsets which definitions are based on content (classic, kids, ... ) and there are criteria which depend on taste.
The first kind can easily be mapped into an according folder structure and if the subset definition supports folder whitelists, this definition is set forever. New files only need to be copied or ripped to the right place. This is more an organisatorial task for the 'collection admin' like setting the genres - each library subset is a set of genres, and indeed, the genre tag could also be used to accomplish that. Either way, the definition of the set is quite static - the actual set may vary with time, though. Having an approriate folder structure this case can be realised by multiple servers. The second type is based on (current) taste - and there may be overlaps between individual subsets. If I buy a new album, most likely every user wants to have it in (one of) his subset. This kind of subset is for albums (or artists), what a playlist is for songs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cadfish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58296 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98199 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
