Tarn wrote: > adamslim;190079 Wrote: >> If you have just 100 CDs, then you shouldn't have many duplicate pieces >> (i.e. by different orchestras/conductors), so your browsing is likely >> to be via composer only, I guess. Therefore, you can do what I do, >> which is have the composer as artist, and the piece as album (splitting >> up CDs into several albums). >> Adam > > I really don't want to use the ARTIST tag for COMPOSER, because I have > a number of albums with the same composer and a number of albums with > the same performer, which overlap. Also, I'm adding to my classical > collection faster than other genres so I want a system that can grow. > > I really want to be able to play all my music with Yo-Yo Ma as the > artist, or all my Dvorak music, or only Dvorak music by Yo-Yo Ma. > > This is all going on the assumption that Slim Server will at some point > allow me to search more intelligently -- looking at just Composers, just > Artists, etc. > > Drat, I forgot the other piece of this, which was what tag I should use > to specify not the genre but the multiple instruments or instrument > types - say Cello, Quartet, Brass, etc. Okay, maybe I'm asking too > much.
No, you're not asking too much. Rather you're running into the problems of trying to get Classical music to fit into a "Non-Classical" music labelling scheme. My hope is that erland's custom queries are integrated into the fabric of slimserver so it is flexible enough to support classical music. Not holding my breath though! R. _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
