Whilst considering alternate album versions, we should consider alternate track/song mixes.
I have numerous singles which include alterante mixes of a single (sometimes 4 on one cd) plus 'enhanced' or 'limited edition' albums with bonmus tracks which may be 'live' or 'altenate' mixes. At the moment, I tag any such information in the track name and have pondered how useful/practical a better system would be. My view on use case is as follows:- 1) if selecting an album, it should be clear which version is being chosen 2) when playing, the now playing screens, should be configurable to show the version (especially when I or guest says 'this sounds different from my version'). This may be acceptable to be at track rather than album? 3) all tracks should inherit version from the album (especially if they are then selected individually or from a mix). 4) it would be nice to search from a track to alternate versions of the same track (same artist) 5) it would also be nice to search from a track to alternate versions by other artists (covers), possibly using composer to separate from similarly named tracks I think that the album selection issue is the main problem:- a) if all versions are shown then the album list becomes cluttered b) if only one album is shown, then a second selection would be needed, which is new (nested) code and a default would be needed is 'play' or '+' were used at album level (to avoid all versions being played sequentially) Neither of these seems 'good', so I hope someone else can think of a 'better' approach. -- DigitalMitch ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67816 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
