Re: [slim] Scanning - Metadata Changes
pjs;692622 Wrote: Just to make sure I'm *not* crazy, I wanted to verify that when I rescan with Find new and changed music it won't update database entries when the metadata changes only. That's incorrect. It _will_ update the database when only the metadata changes. If either the file size or the date modified changes, the scanner will rescan the file and update the database. If I'm not crazy, and this is the case, is there a way to scan *just* the mp3 metadata? Or have the Logitech Media Server look at the mp3 metadata when deciding to update the DB entry without dumping the entire DB at the outset? A 'new changed' scan does NOT dump the database before starting, but a full 'clear library and rescan everything' scan does. Scanning 'just' the metadata isn't an option, since when a file has changed, the server has no way of knowing whether the metadata has changed, the audio portion has changed, or both. In any case, if you're worried about scan time or efficiency, there's little difference. The scanner doesn't 'scan' the audio portion of the file - it only needs to know where it begins and its length. A couple things to know: Normally, you can use the much faster 'new changed' scan and the scanner will update the database correctly. But sometimes stale data can be left behind. You may find it necessary to run a full 'clear and rescan everything' once in a while. When there are a _lot_ of files changed or moved or deleted at one time (say thousands), it can be faster to run a full scan than a new changed scan. Sometimes a new changed scan won't correctly update album artwork. I've found this is especially true if you're adding a cover to an album that previously had none. Often the only way to straighten out the database is to run a full scan. -- JJZolx JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93812 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
amcluesent;692497 Wrote: If it's confirmed the iPad 3 will double the h*w pixel count, what use could be made of the extra resolution? I think this can only be decided with the actual device in my hands (sigh - guess I'll need to invest into new hardware then though I'm still soo happy with my iPad1). This also means that we'd have to wait at least until the device is made available in Germany. As was said already I don't think that it will influence the general screen layout of SqueezePad. Buttons need to stay the same size, because a higher resolution does not mean, that our fingers get smaller :) Of course all internal graphics could be provided in a higher resolution. Then there is also the cover art. The big cover in SqueezePad is already requested in original resolution so might already make use of more pixels. Then we have all those album covers which right now I request in 64x64 (same size as Touch, to take advantage of the image cache that is built while scanning the library). Changing that to 128x128 will make SqueezePad slower when loading the album list the first time and I guess there are still people out there who buy the latest iPad but still run on ultra slow NAS :( Will need to think about whether on iPad3 I will just request the better resolution by default or if there should be a setting (but I don't like settings). So loads of stuff to do once it appears, but the very first thing indeed will be to see how much effect this will make in the end. I never considered the current resolution of the iPad as bad, I mean even games like Infinity Sword look awesome already. So personally (but I'm oldschool when it comes to gimmics ;) ) I think that the new iPad will matter as much as cameras with 12megapixels compared to 8megapixels: Good for selling devices but no actual difference in daily use. -- bluegaspode Did you know: *'SqueezePlayer' (www.squeezeplayer.com)* will stream all your music to your Android device. Take your music everywhere! Remote Control + Streaming to your iPad? *'Squeezebox + iPad = SqueezePad ' (www.squeezepad.com)* Want to see a Weather Forecast on your Radio/Touch/Controller ? = why not try my 'Weather Forecast Applet' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73827) Want to use the Headphones with your Controller ? = why not try my 'Headphone Switcher Applet' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67139) bluegaspode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31651 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80553 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Ps3 + lms + flac
No, it works fine on any DLNA player including the older PS3. Is TVersity running at the same time? Might try running just LMS after you turn off any other media server programs, they may be all trying to use the same ports. Reboot LMS (stop then restart) when all other media servers are turned off. Also make sure the UPnP/DLNA plugin is enabled in LMS Settings Plugins -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91310 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Scanning - Metadata Changes
Some files have padded tag area so a tag change may not chnage it's size that leaves timestamps , but you don't wnat to ruin your chronology in the new music folders so some poeple have found ways to just adjust the time stamp 2 seconds or similar . -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93812 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
Seriously? I always considered the resolution of the iPad as a problem, it's the lowest resolution device I own at all, even counting very old PCs OK, my TV may be worse. Games don't count, games usually don't need high resolution because they use lots of colors. For a long time, most games on PCs never used the full screen resolution . Where resolution matters is Books and Text and here the iPad really is NOT good, blurry text if you go to small sizes or if you use anything other than black and white. The things where iPad excels (BECAUSE of the low resolution, and that's why Apple will have done it this way) is speed and power consumption. Will be interesting to see how iPad 3 competes in these sections. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote and *New: iPeng for iPad*, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80553 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] My System Works!
I suspect that the above system will be superceded fairly quickly once the Raspberry Pi becomes easily available! -- castalla 1 Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mini - Acoustics Q10 speakers - 2 duff ears - purfek! 1 Logitech Radio + remote - purfek! castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93809 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SBS looking at multiple folders?
There are loads of things that could bring the duplicates into play? If you have a shortcut in the Flac folder to the MP3 folder it will scan them too? Also do you have any playlists linking the MP3 files? These will also add them to the library. Also have you got iTunes integration turned on? This will also bring the MP3 files in. There are probably other reasons too. You will need to look hard at your library to see how the scan is referencing the MP3s. When I started with Squeeze it took me a couple of months to sort out my library structure to prevent Flac and MP3 duplicates. -- Blisteringblue 'What am I listening to?' (http://www.last.fm/user/blisteringblue) 1 x Boom, 1 x Receiver, 1 x iPhone iPeng Blisteringblue's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22946 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93810 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech, please post an apk for the Squeezebox Controller App
Oh, Michael, thank you very much, indeed. Had this always been there, and I hadn't seen it? Apologies if we were wasting your time. Don't worry: I only added the link before I posted. -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Controller firmware update
I recently rebuilt my server, which previously ran Ubuntu 8.10 with an old version of SqueezeCenter (7.2 or 7.3, I can't quite remember which). I decided that perhaps the simplest option was to just build a Vortexbox system, so have installed VB 1.10. This uses Squeezebox Server 7.6.1 r33149. Problem is, I can't get my two Controllers to update their firmware. They are stuck on 7.3 r3476, and behaving rather strangely with the new server software. If I do SettingsAdvancedSoftware Update, all I get as an option is Cancel. I tried a factory reset of the Controller, but that has not changed things. I then tried pulling the battery to force a cold reboot and that didn't change things. So how do I force a Controller to update its firmware? -- cliveb Transporter - ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93818 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller firmware update
put the firmware update on a cf card, pop that into the controller and update from it. -- audiomuze *'Linux finally gets a great audio tagger' (http://www.ubuntugeek.com/linux-finally-gets-a-great-audio-tagger.html): 'puddletag' (http://puddletag.sourceforge.net/)* audiomuze's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33613 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93818 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music2touch 1.4.3 for the Blackberry Playbook released
RonM;692333 Wrote: Re the volume control, I agree it is awkward to use. I find it difficult to adjust the slider. It looks like the same functionality as the built in music player. Also hard to use. I would prefer Controller style functionality, with an incremental adjustment for each tap. This is my biggest irritation. R Yes it's a native component. Honestly I don't use it much since I control the volume with my av receiver remote. But I can look into it. -- friedit friedit's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44812 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88180 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Can't seem to rescan for new musice/files
I've been using Squeezebox and Squeezebox Touch for several years. Never had this problem before. I've been ripping quite a few CD's from my library. Typically I'll use web based controller to search for new music finding need to do a full clear ans search every now an then. Well these last few days I can't seem to do a rescan for new music. It gives me this message then stops: Progress information from the previous scan is not available. So I have to do a full clear all and rescan to find new music files. Even rebooting won't find new files. HELP! -- shacky shacky's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31313 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93824 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] pre requirements to installing Squeezeboxserver
can someone please list all the required RPMs, packages and addons needed to get Squeeze Server working? I have a Centos 6.2 server dedicated to this job and as such is bearbones (little software installed) what do I need to get going? Peter -- phreak phreak's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=54526 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93826 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller firmware update
audiomuze;692696 Wrote: put the firmware update on a cf card, pop that into the controller and update from it. Thanks - I found the page on Logitech's site that explains how to do this with an SD card, and am now sorted. One additional question: is there any way to disable the icons displayed next to menu items (eg. on the home menu). The reason I'd like to do this is that I've installed the Other Players plugin and added it to the home menu. It doesn't have an icon, so the menu looks peculiar. -- cliveb Transporter - ATC SCM100A cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93818 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
pippin;692652 Wrote: Seriously? I always considered the resolution of the iPad as a problem, it's the lowest resolution device I own at all, even counting very old PCs OK, my TV may be worse. Games don't count, games usually don't need high resolution because they use lots of colors. For a long time, most games on PCs never used the full screen resolution . Where resolution matters is Books and Text and here the iPad really is NOT good, blurry text if you go to small sizes or if you use anything other than black and white. The things where iPad excels (BECAUSE of the low resolution, and that's why Apple will have done it this way) is speed and power consumption. Will be interesting to see how iPad 3 competes in these sections. From your words it sounds as if the iPad was a bad device for books and text, but in reality I have noone heard complaining about the current resolution yet (even when reading books or surfing the web). Of course all of this will be better with higher resolutions, but for me personally its good enough already now so that it wouldn't make me buy a new iPad (if I wasn't a developer required to test with it). From my feeling the improvements possible in our own Apps due to the higher resolution will be marginal at least, but we'll see. -- bluegaspode Did you know: *'SqueezePlayer' (www.squeezeplayer.com)* will stream all your music to your Android device. Take your music everywhere! Remote Control + Streaming to your iPad? *'Squeezebox + iPad = SqueezePad ' (www.squeezepad.com)* Want to see a Weather Forecast on your Radio/Touch/Controller ? = why not try my 'Weather Forecast Applet' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73827) Want to use the Headphones with your Controller ? = why not try my 'Headphone Switcher Applet' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67139) bluegaspode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31651 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80553 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller firmware update
Sorry, I meant SD, not CF. No idea about the icons though, don't use my Controller much these days, iPeng's rendered it irrelevant. -- audiomuze *'Linux finally gets a great audio tagger' (http://www.ubuntugeek.com/linux-finally-gets-a-great-audio-tagger.html): 'puddletag' (http://puddletag.sourceforge.net/)* audiomuze's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33613 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93818 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing SqueezePad - the first dedicated iPad App to controll your SqueezeBoxen !
bluegaspode;692716 Wrote: From your words it sounds as if the iPad was a bad device for books and text, but in reality I have noone heard complaining about the current resolution yet (even when reading books or surfing the web). Seriously? I have heard it a lot. And while I agree it's a good device for reading and I use it a lot for that, text pretty much always looks bad to my eyes, it's always either too blurry or too big. Of course all of this will be better with higher resolutions, but for me personally its good enough already now so that it wouldn't make me buy a new iPad (if I wasn't a developer required to test with it). Personally, I mainly felt that the step from iPad 1 to iPad 2 was moot. If I count in the old cover vs. smart cover I still prefer iPad 1. From my feeling the improvements possible in our own Apps due to the higher resolution will be marginal at least, but we'll see. I agree on that but then we don't have text apps The one thing I'm concerned about is how much memory that will use and how the performance and battery impact is which I would rate as even more important than the resolution. After all, the new resolution means you have to cope with 4 times the amount of data. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote and *New: iPeng for iPad*, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80553 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can't seem to rescan for new musice/files
Sounds like something may be corrupted. I would completely clear out the cache folder and begin rebuilding the database from scratch. You can find the location of the cache folder at Settings Information, bottom of the page. First, stop the server. Delete everything in the cache folder. Restart the server and it will automatically begin a full library scan. Then see whether a new changed scan works correctly. -- JJZolx JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93824 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can't seem to rescan for new musice/files
Thanks. Will try that. -- shacky shacky's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31313 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93824 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Error message table tracks has no column named added_time
I searched the forum for a solution, found several mentions of the problem, but no actual solution. My rescan aborts with the following message in the log [12-02-26 13:19:05.1360] main::main (340) Error: Failed when running main scan: [Carp::Clan::__ANON__(): DBI Exception: DBD::SQLite::db prepare_cached failed: table tracks has no column named added_time As a result, none of my players work. They can no longer see my music library. No more music in my home. How to proceed? -Ron. -- rpieket rpieket's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31862 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93832 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Scanning - Metadata Changes
OK, thanks to everyone for the really instructive responses. I now understand why I wasn't seeing the song artist being updated. It was the ol' Artist vs Album Artist issue. I had changed the Artist in the metadata, but I guess the key that's used when you browse music by artist is the Album Artist, not the Artist. Actually, that brings up a good point. If we have a compilation album: Album: No Alternative 01. Superdeformed (Artist = Matthew Sweet, Album Artist = Various Artists) 02. For All to See (Artist = Buffalo Tom, Album Artist = Various Artists) ... 19. Verse Chorus Verse (Artist = Nirvana, Album Artist = Various Artists) If I browse the Squeezebox by Artist, I definitely do not want to see a million Various Artists under V. So I think we'd want the Squeezebox to display Artist, not Album Artist in this case. If we have an artist who has recorded albums under different names: Surfing On Sine Waves (Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = Polygon Window) Analogue Bubblebath 3 (Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = AFX) Joyrex J9ii(Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = Caustic Window) Rushup Edge(Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = The Tuss) Richard D. James Album (Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = Aphex Twin) I think I'd prefer to see all this under Aphex Twin, the Artist, since this makes navigation with the Squeezebox remote much easier. In both cases where there's a distinction between Artist and Album Artist, I think I prefer Artist. Is there a way to make the importer use the Artist as the key and not Album Artist? Other for our own personal knowledge, is there ever a time when Album Artist is useful for tagging music? I really don't care about the fact that, say, an album was put out by Frank Black or Frank Black and the Catholics, although I *do* care if it's Frank Black or Pixies. I know this is pretty anal, and I apologize, but I'm sure many of you must be as anal as me with tagging your music. :-) Thanks! Pete -- pjs pjs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32020 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93812 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Scanning - Metadata Changes
Here is how my workflow has evolved over the years as far as editing tags: I update the Album, Artist, Genre, Title, Track and Year tags with MP3Tag I delete all other tags with MP3Tag I use Foobar2000 to scan and update tags for ReplayGain I use MusicIP to scan and update the tags for Music IP Doug On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 4:30 PM, pjs pjs.58ka7b1330291...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: OK, thanks to everyone for the really instructive responses. I now understand why I wasn't seeing the song artist being updated. It was the ol' Artist vs Album Artist issue. I had changed the Artist in the metadata, but I guess the key that's used when you browse music by artist is the Album Artist, not the Artist. Actually, that brings up a good point. If we have a compilation album: Album: No Alternative 01. Superdeformed (Artist = Matthew Sweet, Album Artist = Various Artists) 02. For All to See (Artist = Buffalo Tom, Album Artist = Various Artists) ... 19. Verse Chorus Verse (Artist = Nirvana, Album Artist = Various Artists) If I browse the Squeezebox by Artist, I definitely do not want to see a million Various Artists under V. So I think we'd want the Squeezebox to display Artist, not Album Artist in this case. If we have an artist who has recorded albums under different names: Surfing On Sine Waves (Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = Polygon Window) Analogue Bubblebath 3 (Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = AFX) Joyrex J9ii(Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = Caustic Window) Rushup Edge(Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = The Tuss) Richard D. James Album (Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = Aphex Twin) I think I'd prefer to see all this under Aphex Twin, the Artist, since this makes navigation with the Squeezebox remote much easier. In both cases where there's a distinction between Artist and Album Artist, I think I prefer Artist. Is there a way to make the importer use the Artist as the key and not Album Artist? Other for our own personal knowledge, is there ever a time when Album Artist is useful for tagging music? I really don't care about the fact that, say, an album was put out by Frank Black or Frank Black and the Catholics, although I *do* care if it's Frank Black or Pixies. I know this is pretty anal, and I apologize, but I'm sure many of you must be as anal as me with tagging your music. :-) Thanks! Pete -- pjs pjs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32020 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93812 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Scanning - Metadata Changes
pjs;692745 Wrote: OK, thanks to everyone for the really instructive responses. I now understand why I wasn't seeing the song artist being updated. It was the ol' Artist vs Album Artist issue. I had changed the Artist in the metadata, but I guess the key that's used when you browse music by artist is the Album Artist, not the Artist. snip I know this is pretty anal, and I apologize, but I'm sure many of you must be as anal as me with tagging your music. :-) The real question is, should anal-retentive be hyphenated or not? Here is how I would tag the two examples you give. -*1) Album: No Alternative*- 01. Superdeformed (Artist = Matthew Sweet, Album Artist = [empty], compilation=1) 02. For All to See (Artist = Buffalo Tom, Album Artist = [empty], compilation=1) ... 19. Verse Chorus Verse (Artist = Nirvana, Album Artist = [empty], compilation=1) If you do it this way, you won't see a million Various Artists under V. I only ever use ALBUMARTIST on compilations if (a) it's an album with one performer who is on every (or almost every) track and a lot of guest artists, such as an album of duets, or (b) a tribute album, with a lot of different artists playing songs of a particular composer or group. Otherwise I think the concept of albumartist doesn't make a whole lot of sense for multi-artist compilations. -*2) If we have an artist who has recorded albums under different names (I think I'd prefer to see all this under Aphex Twin, the Artist, since this makes navigation with the Squeezebox remote much easier.):*- Surfing On Sine Waves (Artist = Polygon Window, Album Artist = Aphex Twin) Analogue Bubblebath 3 (Artist = AFX, Album Artist = Aphex Twin) Joyrex J9ii (Artist = Caustic Window, Album Artist = Aphex Twin) Rushup Edge (Artist = The Tuss, Album Artist = Aphex Twin) Richard D. James Album (Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = Aphex Twin) Yes, that's right, exactly the opposite of what you have now (except maybe the 5th one). LMS will group all of them together under the ALBUMARTIST Aphex Twin when you are browsing, but when something is playing it will display the ARTIST tag in Now Playing, so you see which incarnation of RDJ you're listening to. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93812 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Scanning - Metadata Changes
pjs;692745 Wrote: If we have a compilation album: Album: No Alternative 01. Superdeformed (Artist = Matthew Sweet, Album Artist = Various Artists) 02. For All to See (Artist = Buffalo Tom, Album Artist = Various Artists) ... 19. Verse Chorus Verse (Artist = Nirvana, Album Artist = Various Artists) If I browse the Squeezebox by Artist, I definitely do not want to see a million Various Artists under V. So I think we'd want the Squeezebox to display Artist, not Album Artist in this case. You won't see a million artists under 'V', but you will see all of your compilation albums under 'V' and 'Various Artists'. Play with it a while longer and see how it works for you, but it's generally best to not give compilation albums an ALBUMARTIST of 'Various Artists'. It's best to tag them with a COMPILATION=1 field and leave the ALBUMARTIST field off of these albums. It's a _long_ story why, but for now just call it a quirk of how the server handles compilations. If we have an artist who has recorded albums under different names: Surfing On Sine Waves (Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = Polygon Window) Analogue Bubblebath 3 (Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = AFX) Joyrex J9ii(Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = Caustic Window) Rushup Edge(Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = The Tuss) Richard D. James Album (Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = Aphex Twin) I think I'd prefer to see all this under Aphex Twin, the Artist, since this makes navigation with the Squeezebox remote much easier. In both cases where there's a distinction between Artist and Album Artist, I think I prefer Artist. Is there a way to make the importer use the Artist as the key and not Album Artist? If you tag them like that, the albums will be listed under 'Aphex Twin' when you browse by artist. When browsing artists, an album can appear under many different artists. When browsing albums sorted by artist, however, the album only appears once in the list. If you want it under 'Aphex Twin' then you need to either set ALBUMARTIST to 'Aphex Twin' or else leave off the ALBUMARTIST tag. As you've correctly figured out, ALBUMARTIST takes precedence over ARTIST as the album's artist, both for sorting and for display purposes. Other for our own personal knowledge, is there ever a time when Album Artist is useful for tagging music? I really don't care about the fact that, say, an album was put out by Frank Black or Frank Black and the Catholics, although I *do* care if it's Frank Black or Pixies. I don't use it like that. I tag all Tom Petty albums with 'Tom Petty', regardless of whether or not he recorded the album with the Heartbreakers. What I do use ALBUMARTIST for is albums that have tracks with guest artists, whether performing by themselves or with the album artist. -- JJZolx JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93812 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Error message table tracks has no column named added_time
Delete the servers cache folder , stop LMS first ( location can be found in the web-UI on th info page ) If you are on windows there is a clean cache function in the control panel, this wipes the whole dB file. -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93832 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Android Controller App
Tablet PCs offer many of the same amenities as traditional PCs, including Internet. With a Tablet PC, users are able to handwrite blogs or chat posts, a convenient alternative for many writers and web-junkies. With fast Internet access,Best Tablet PCs can also be used for pen-based gaming similar to that of the popular pen-based Nintendo DS. -- lindazbn lindazbn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=54559 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86487 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Napster transfer to Rhapsody - what should we do?
Hi all, As has been noted previously Napster UK is closing down. I have been a happy customer of the £5 unlimited streaming and 5MP3 package for several years, but this will be no more. I have checked with Napster and the £5 per month Napster Unilimited package will not stream to Squeezeboxes, so my options seem to be: - Stick with Napster, pay £10 a month for 128Kbps streams, lose my MP3s but gain mobile access which I don't need ... but know everything will work (probably) - Move to Spotify with 320KBps streams for £10pm. However, as I understand it only the official plug in will allow different Squeezeboxes to play their own Spotify streams. As I have a combination of players can I use the 3rd part plug in alongside it and have different streams in different rooms that way? Is there any other option people are considering? I'm a bit peeved that I will have to pay double to get less - but wouldn't mind better sound quality along the way ... I's be very interested in people's thoughts... -- JonWill Main system: SB Touch, Arcam A85, Mission 733i speakers SB Classic into old JVC microsystem (next thing on list to upgrade!) SB Boom, Logitech Z4 subwoofer SB Radio LMS 7.7.1 running on WHS 2011 on a HP Prolaint Microserver Squeeze Commander on Samsung Galaxy S2 JonWill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20259 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93843 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
