Hi,
Wendy Seltzer wrote:
While we're talking about mythmusic database changes, I wonder whether it would be possible to build in an alternate schema for classical recordings. I've been fudging things by remapping Artist => Composer, Album=>Title, Track=>Performers, but it would be more useful to have a few extra columns (Conductor, Orchestra/Ensemble, Soloists; or possibly even an extra joined table of Artists who could be matched as conductor, soloist, ensemble member). It would also be useful either to offer "rip multiple tracks to a single file" or "always play these tracks together, in order." I've been joining tracks so symphonies don't get shuffled out of order. (Still haven't figured out why extra-long tracks kill mythfrontend.)
There are currently about zero digital music players that support classical music well, but if this would fit in, I'd be willing to give it a shot.
Sounds like good suggestions. I reckon my current patch wont address this (I think I'd like to try and finish it soon!!!!), but one of my friends plays a lot of classical music so I could ask him all about the pro/cons and perhaps look at a future adjustment.
With the album artist patch, you could possible use the compilation artist to represent the composer as a stop gap solution? (although this is stored in the ID3 tag as the frame TPE4 where TPE3 is more appropriate for composer). Still it may be slightly more managable.
That's cool that you work for the EFF too. I was in London at the start of December campaigning against EU SW Patents. Doning my bit :)
All the best
Col.
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