Clearly, having multiple copies of the identical file in different folders and with different album tags and different track numbers is the best solution. But the inefficiency of that offends me, for some reason. (It's not necessarily logical. It's not as though I'm remarkably efficient in everything else I do.)
Here's a workaround I'm trying: Put all tracks from a box set in a single folder, using filenames in the form suggested by w3wilkes: [disc#]-[track#]-title. Edit track number tags so that they are sequential through the entire set. It helps if there are gaps in the numbering. For instance, for a four-disc set containing a total 65 tracks, instead of numbering the tracks 01 through 65, number then 101 through 118 (or whatever the number of tracks on the first disc), 201 through 221, 301-314, and 401-412. Then, edit tags so that every track that was originally released on an album has ONLY the name of the original album in the album tag. In many cases, especially with Mosaic sets, the tracks in the box sets are not in the same order as on the original albums, so it will be necessary to juggle the track number tags to get them in the right sequence for the original albums. (That's why it's important to leave gaps in the number sequence; that will make it much easier to get track numbers in original album order when the tracks are spread out over multiple discs in the box set.) In my limited testing so far, this seems to work. LMS sees the original albums, and they should be available for Random Albums, which is important to me. The box set discs will NOT appear as albums in the LMS database (except for the outtakes and alternates), but that's okay with me. They aren't albums, in the sense of a programmed listening experience; they're archival volumes. The box set discs can be accessed through the Music Folder, though, with the tracks in the order as they appear in the box set. This seems to work for me. I'm sure it's not for everybody, but I hope somebody will find it useful and maybe help refine it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RobbH's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=67008 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108121 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
