Bob Stern;324013 Wrote: > Perhaps I could use the "album" tag to uniquely identify a specific > recording of a specific composition rather than an entire physical CD, > but it would be tricky to define in a way that is guaranteed to be > unique yet is still understandable. An external database gives me more > flexibility to use hidden unique key fields. > > Returning to the command line issue, I thought one method of playing a > multi-track classical composition would be to write software that > commands SlimServer to create a playlist populated by the tracks of the > composition I want to play now. When I decide to play a second > composition, the software would command SlimServer to clear the > playlist and repopulate it with the tracks of the second composition. > Am I overlooking a much simpler approach? It's true that current tagging systems are poorly suited for classical, but if you haven't done so already, take a look at the wiki pages on tagging classical music (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Beginners_Guide_To_Classical). Only a small part of my collection is classical, but I use the album=composition approach and it works well for me. I add enough other info (orchestra, soloist, conductor, etc.) to the album title to be able to separate out different performances of the same work.
If you can bend the tags to your needs, then playing a composition is as simple as selecting an "album" (=composition) and hitting the play button. When it's time for the 2nd composition, select that "album" and hit play. And don't forget that if you write the custom software to do this, you'll also need to deal with the codes from the remote. Because you don't want to listen to all that classical music sitting in front of your computer, or running back and forth to it ;o) -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50338 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
