kdf;178474 Wrote: > There may be issues with the count, but it is to be addressed at a > later date. For now, I'll simply point out that a direct comparison > with winamp is not going to work. The counts within slimserver are > done in very different ways, and take into account the database query > response, the current context, and the full variety of > artist/va/band/composer, etc settings.
well, beyond the count weirdness where SS disagrees with itself, i find it troubling that other tags are conflated with the artist tag. so i take it that a later date means 7.0? or do u mean later than that? > If the counts bother you, there is a pref to turn them off. The bonus > is that many reports have stated that turning them off speeds things > up. server settings->performance. > > -kdf good to know, but i would rather track the issue, so i can 1. fix my own tags and problems, and 2. speak to the things SS still does wrongly even after i have my tags under control. my suggestion would be to allow the user to tell SS what fields to scan for, and which ones to ignore. in my case, it could ignore composer, publisher, band, original artist, and really anything other than the basics. that kind of functionality might fix a lot of these issues. maybe you skipped it kdf, but i thought you'd find this issue very interesting: > fourth: > > it seems to have issues "forgetting" everything, even after a clear and > rescan, which may apply to number 3 above. > > for instance, i had a CD of 3 songs by ben harper covering marvin > gaye's classic, "sexual healing." it was some time ago, but i think for > a while, the tags in the file were incorrect and said the artist WAS > marvin gaye. i changed it to be correct via winamp. > > but SS doesn't care. and here's where it gets weird... > > it lists the cd in the right place, following my only other ben harper > cd "fight for your mind." but in gallery view it says: > > > Quote: > Fight for Your Mind (1995) by Ben Harper > > Sexual Healing Singles (1998) by Marvin Gaye > > Best Of Berlin 1979-1988 (1988) by Berlin > > then, when i click "Marvin Gaye" from gallery view, it takes me to all > his CDs i do have, but not the one listed there. > > why does gallery view insist then on saying marvin gaye? > > if i click "ben harper" under fight for your mind, the sexual healing > cd IS there. > > so... > > do all those issues have bugs filed for them? > > and is it possible, that even though i "clear and rescan" it is NOT a > FULL clear and rescan? > > is there info kept elsewhere? is there possibly info in the SS cache > dir? is it safe to delete the entire contents of this dir? > > i am not sure if the problem is the mysql DB, or the logic/techniques > used to scan and pull info from the files to then store in the mysql > db. but something is up. i took a closer look in mp3tag, and i saw a field called "band" that said marvin gaye. my question is, in gallery view, why would band take precedence over 'artist' or 'album artist'? anyway... i'm not sure how best to proceed in fixing my tags... i guess i can't count on winamp to do it. in the library view, it shows me things that are not necessarily in the tag itself. i guess i'll have to become proficient in mp3tag. my Q then is, is mp3tag the best thing to use for SS, or would i be better off using a different but similar program? -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32516 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
