Listener;273702 Wrote: > > You found *one* software player, out of the hundred of hardware > > and software players on the market? I think that validates > > my point! > > No, it doesn't. Your point was > > > 2. Adapt how we use tags to work within the > > Track/Album/Artist paradigm. > > > I would suggest that option 2. is the only viable option. > > I gave an example of a software player that allowed full use of other > tags. That disproves your contention. I also said that Foobar could > be customized to support other tags with iTunes-like browser panes. I > described a reasonable compromise that uses the Composer tag on an > iPod. And I described browsing using a file folder hierarchy on other > portable players. > > I think my experience shows that there are viable alternatives. Even > one alternative offers the opportunity to do things the right way. > > Bill
I have to agree with Bill here. It does not seem reasonable to be stuck forever with an inadequate system, simply because it is the current standard. There are a number of options available to get the Track/Album/Artist structure back when downloading to a portable if that is necessary. But I while I can accept those limitations on a portable, my main music system should not be so limited. Moreover, I think this issue goes beyond classical music. I agree that classical has some special issues, but I certainly would like this kind of functionality for the rest of music collection as well. I have an extensive jazz collection. It would be fantastic to be able to easily find every track that was composed by Gershwin or Monk. I would also like to be able to find every track on which Coltrane or Bud Powell sat in (which should be differentiated from AlbumArtist). And old baby boomers like myself would certainly like to be able to find all the covers of Dylan or Lennon & McCartney songs. Of course, this would take a good deal effort to get the tagging in, but once it was in, it should be trivial for a database to provide these lists and play them on my Squeezeboxes. -- stevek1006 -Steve ------------------------------ Steven Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ stevek1006's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1369 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43851 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
