genseng wrote: 
> The problem described is with the transcode in Squeeze Ctl. So it seems
> it doors not receive track number or album artist info from the server
> then?
> 
> I have a script that I use to mirror my (mostly) FLAC library to MP3 and
> can connect on WiFi from my phone so I can already get what I need here.
> Squeeze Ctl would add some convenience in making it easier to find the
> album or two I want and might save me a little disk space if I get rid
> of the mirror.

No, Squeeze Ctrl does not retrieve track number or album artist.

When Squeeze Ctrl adds a song to the download queue, it requests some
additional info about the song aside from the url and file id. When it's
adding a single song, the command used to retrieve the info can return
as many pieces of metadata info as needed.  Unfortunately, the commands
that Squeeze Ctrl has to use to retrieve a list of songs to add to the
queue (like adding a playlist or album), limits the amount of metadata
returned per song to 8 items. These are the 8 items:

Title
Album
Artist
Duration
Compilation - no artist is returned for compiliations, so this tells the
app to set the artist name to "Various Artists"
Genre
Type - mp3, flac, etc.
Coverid - so Squeeze Ctrl can retrieve the cover art for the song.

To keep things consistent between adding a single song and adding a list
of songs, I restrict the list to the same 8 items even the LMS command
used can handle more.



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