i apologize for what will be a long post and multiple posts, but i want to respond to everyone...
smc2911;289806 Wrote: > If I understand correctly from the closed thread (which, admittedly, was > challenging at times!), when viewing Albums sorted by "Artist", it will > be sorted by ARTIST or (if it exists) ALBUMARTIST but *not* by BAND. > Since SC7 interprets TPE2 tags as BAND *not* ALBUMARTIST, this means > that the Albums will not, in this example, be sorted by the TPE2 tag. yes, that is correct. and this causes chaos for any album that has even one track with differing TPE1 info on it, b/c it then becomes a VA album. radish;289823 Wrote: > There needn't be a battle at all IMHO. > > The question seems to boil down to: should SC treat TPE2 as BAND (not > sortable) or ALBUMARTIST (sortable)? Given the nature of ID3 it seems > an app has to decide one way or the other on this. Is there a reason > this can't be made an option? What cases wouldn't this solve? exactly. we could be given the option to sort by BAND, [ie. the SC7 internal tag already filled in by TPE2]. or, we could be given the option to let our TPE2 tags fill in the SC7 internal ALBUMARTIST tags, (if no other info is there to fill it). slimkid;289893 Wrote: > why not start with the thorough explanation how (internal to SC) BAND > and ALBUMARTIST should behave right now. I'd appreciate if somebody who > is responsible for maintaining that piece of functionality could explain > it. Or point me to the place on this site where that has been > documented. Especially in relationship to COMPILATION tag. > > As said, I'm not looking for wishes, guesses and interpretations, but > rather to the piece of original documentation. exactly. i have been asking for this in varying ways to varying degrees for a long time now. most recently, i said a wiki project should be done: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45876 i also have asked slim to say categorically how "List albums by Band" is supposed to work: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6490 no answer as of yet. Listener;289924 Wrote: > - Integrate the custom Scan and Custom browse functionality into > SqueezeCenter so that users can specify what's in the menus do you mean how the scanner works? Listener;289924 Wrote: > - Document that functionality with an explanation of concepts and some > how-tos. > > - Provide some flexibility in mapping tags from a specific format to > internal names. (TPE2 = Band or TPE2 = Album Artist.) or both. Listener;289924 Wrote: > Ceejay filed some bug reports (2696-2701) for enhancements for classical > music a long time ago based on threads to which he and I contributed. > Those enhancements got plenty of votes but no action. Erland's plugins > implement some of this functionality but it really should be thoroughly > integrated with SqueezeCenter itself. > > You can go on with these fruitless arguments where everyone argues that > the way his first player s/w worked is the one true way or you can > enhance SqueezeCenter to allow each user to do things his preferred > way. > > Bill i'll have to check those out. i agree with your last statement. to me this isn't about doing it any "one true way" but rather having the option to do it many differing ways, which would be flexible to a lot of users. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 (primary) / SBR (secondary) / Jive - w/SC 7.0.1beta - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - D-Link DIR-655 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46093 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
