Adriaan van Nijendaal;164219 Wrote: > So, this is my request: > > Can we please have an 'variousArtistAreSplit' option that tells > slimserver that it should group albums regardless of their location > when 'variousArtistAutoIdentification' is on? > > We could have a warning saying that if two albums are called "Merry > Christmas" they will be mentioned ONCE only. I'd prefer that error > over the broken 'browse albums' function I've been coping with in the > last releases. > > I think that this proposal might end the "Various Artists" debate. I agree that changing this behavior in SlimServer 6.5, without giving an option for the previous behavior, was a mistake. I don't think there _is_ a debate. SlimServer 6.5 makes a mess of many libraries that worked perfectly well with previous versions of the server. You can't make a change like this just because it makes some other task simpler.
I don't store my albums except within single folders (actually not 100% true, as I store multidisc albums with each disc in a separate folder), so the current cataloging behavior works well and avoids problems with same-name albums. But you should not _force_ people to use one and only one type of file & folder organization. Giving an option to revert to the old scanning behavior is the only way to address this. -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30839 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
