* ceejay shaped the electrons to say...
- if the composer/conductor/band tags are present (in any combination)
Slimserver will add them to the database as contributors...
artist/composer/conductor/band are all flagged in the database as
different "roles", so in principle any software querying the database
could look up any combination of these tags to make a selection
- Slimserver, however, currently makes a very crude use of them: you
can tell it to include any or all of these as "artists" for the
purposes of browse or search. So, for example, I might then find
"Karajan" and "Berlin Phil" in the Artists list as well as Beethoven.
Drawback - get a cluttered Artists list.
That is correct. There hasn't been time or inclination (as frankly, I don't
have much Classical music) to work on this. The correct solution is as you
describe below:
Lets say an "Extended Browse" function (built-in or plugin) allowed you
to choose between browsing Album, Artist, Song, Conductor, Composer or
Band. You choose Conductor, get a list of Conductors, from which you
choose Karajan.
Or, for extra points, do you have an extra choice at the top of the
menu for a further search by Composer or Band? You could then choose
Band, get a list from which you choose Berlin Phil, which now presents
you with a list of all albums by Karajan AND Berlin Phil. Ideally this
functionality would allow you to make your selection of Composer,
Conductor and Band in any sequence.
This isn't too difficult from a programming perspective. In fact, it will
likely just work once you figure out the right UI for the Settings to make it
happen.
-D
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