Philip Meyer;290980 Wrote: > >- scanner. Last time I mentioned that its functionality to recognize > >changed tracks isn't good enough - does it solely based on file update > >date vs last scan date. > Is that not good enough? If tags or actual song data change, most > tools that write the content back will cause the last changed timestamp > to be updated. >
No it isn't good enough. Quite contrary. The most advertised tagging program here, mp3tag, allows not to change a file update date (preserves it, to be exact) when changing tags. Purpose of this would be that, when using New Music option (one very useful and well though of feature), album doesn't get to be included just because I changed a tag; New Music playlist remains filled in chronological order of ripping and adding to library. Even file size wouldn't cut it as it looks (at least in flac) that some tagging space is already allocated, so that file size isn't going to change with updating tags. Philip Meyer;290980 Wrote: > >- concept and handling of 'track artist' contributor type. Basically, > >if there is ALBUMARTIST defined for the album, then all ARTISTs become > >trackartists. There is no connection between the guy who is ARTIST on > >one and trackartist on another album. It is not possible to flow (or > >drill down) in SB menu system from trackartist to artist. Now, that > >might be how the code works, but from real world prospective makes > >little sense. > > > I always thought that the "track artist" contributor type was a little > strange, or at least that artists performing on a song when there is no > album artist should also be called track artists. Not sure why there is > a distinction, but I'm guessing it is to do with whether a user wants to > show all track artists in the browse by artist list, or to only show > album artists. > > Phil It works fine for not showing artists in the artist list if that is their only performance. However, it also doesn't allow you to go (following artist link, drilling down by tag) to other albums of that artist if there are any. For example (I'm repeating myself, but this was obviously missed before, and it clearly shows that the concept is incomplete): Album 'Genius Loves Company' by Ray Charles. Every track is performed as duet with some other (fairly known artist). So, there is a track with Diana Krall. Now, I tagged it with Ray Charles as ALBUMARTIST for every track (the whole album) and ARTIST on each track being the other performer. During the scan, those artists are converted (assigned role) to trackartist (that is not a tag per se, but a role and a literal in browser and in SB menu). Album will be listed by Ray Charles (fine), maybe under various artists too (fine), and none of the artists won't show in browse by artist listing (that's also fine). However, I have a couple more albums where Diana Krall is the artist (the only one, so albums are listed by Diana Krall). Problem is that Diana Krall from Ray Charles' album doesn't see her other albums if I browse by tag artist (trackartist, that is) while listening to that track. Interestingly enough, if I had another album where Diana is also a guest artist, those two albums would see each other (and still none of big albums by Diana). Now, there is solution to this problem, but not suggested on this site and not suggested in user documentation. I got to it analyzing the code, so it doesn't qualify as targeted to the end user. K -- slimkid The sound stage will open up, bass will tighten and the imaging will improve. DVD performance will also increase substantially. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iAj2aPdQnk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvMNuuFSvN0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDRhRv4q_SI http://youtube.com/watch?v=nlrpe8Ig5m8 http://youtube.com/watch?v=dC9tGlwPln8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ slimkid's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8881 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46093 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
