I run parallel FLAC and MP3 collections in a similar way to Ian for
devices and software that don't support FLAC natively (namely iPods and
iTunes.) However, using 'acdir'
(http://nyaochi.sakura.ne.jp/xoops/modules/mysoftwares/tc_2.html) and
the "advanced example" outlined in the documentation, I maintain the
two in separate file structures. I.e.
D:\music\images\albums\<album>\<artist> (for FLAC disc images)
D:\music\compressed\albums\<album>\<artist> (for individual MP3 files
for each track)
When ripping CDs, each disc produces a .flac, .cue and .log (EAC log
file). In trying to preserve as much of the original CD as possible,
if the disc has a data component ("CD Extra" bonus content), I'll copy
it into a "DATA" directory i.e.
D:\music\images\album\<artist>\<album>\DATA
Initially I though pointing Slimserver to D:\music\images would pretty
much guarantee it only read the FLAC images. However, when seemingly
random albums started appearing, it dawned on me that Slimserver was
picking up media files (such as .mov, .wav, .aif and .mp3) from these
"DATA" directories. This was the reason for commenting out nearly evey
audio type in types.conf.
I also have a third directory for music that didn't originate from a CD
rip (e.g. podcasts, 'net label'
(http://www.mono211.com/content/cds.html) releases, etc.)
D:\music\other (mostly MP3s)
An ideal situation would be to set the music root as D:\music and have
Slimserver
- read only FLACs from "images"
- read MP3s from "other"
- completely ignore "compressed"
So far, I can get Slimserver to ignore "compressed" by creating a dummy
music root (D:\music\slimroot), and creating shortcuts to "images" and
"other". If commenting out the MP3 line in types.conf actually worked,
only the FLACs from "images" would be read but the contents of "other"
would be ignored.
The only thing I've found so far that may solve the problem is a
suggestion to implement a 'per-direcotry config file.'
(http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1700) Any other
suggestions are greatly appreciated.
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