dolodobendan wrote: > That depends. > > My approach lets me: > > + use my own tags that would not be scanned otherwise (like WORK, > RECORDING etc.) > + use mixed tags like "Classical;Piano Concertos" > + create a library "Classical" that contains all classical genres > + create my own browse menus (for example Classical - Genre - Composer - > Work - Recording). > > - It doesn't use LMS' db, it needs a second scan (Custom Scan) and the > custom menus are a bit slower than the regular ones. > - The custom scan needs more RAM. (If you have more than 2GB you should > be fine.) > - Multi Library sometimes (rescan, sometimes after a time out) assigns > new library IDs thus rendering the menus (relying on those IDs) empty. > If this happens, the cache has to be wiped (maybe there's a simpler > solution), the DB needs to be rescanned and the libraries have to be > enabled one by one. > > In my opinion, the possibility to really browse through my library is > worth it. I can see which recording I have from this work, which works > from that composer etc. > > In your case, you could create a menu named Jazz. In there would be - if > tagged correctly - three entries: instrumental, jazz and vocal. > Instrumental would contain files Jazz;Instrumental tags, vocal would > have the Jazz;Vocal files. Jazz contains both. or you could create a > menu named Instrumental and let it list all Genres that also contain the > Instrumental tag. > > But that might be overkill.
Yes, it might be overkill, compared to what I was hoping to achieve at the start of this thread. But it addresses some other issues, especially the frustration of trying to use the conventional tag format to accommodate classical music. I am interested, and plan to look into these options further. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RobbH's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=67008 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109818 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
