and slowly the tide turns... :)
this is what i was saying from the start. if we take a fresh approach
and consider these higher level questions, we can come up with a better,
more logical system based on common use scenarios than what we have now,
both in terms of scanning, and presentation
i am fully aware and agree that 7.9.x is better, and so on... but
frankly it pales in comparison to winamp or other such apps. its clunky
and awkward, ultimately frustrating, and while i'm fully aware it is
unlikely to change, my points remain valid.
its funny, anytime i bring this to light, i
Mherger has actually extended LMS to be easier for anyone to extend
aditional browse modes plugin
Is just one thing that came about out off this.
If i understod him correctly . If someone today wanted to write erland
like plugins that changes how we browse and search and creates menus
based
dolodobendan wrote:
> Isn't there ALBUMSORT? Never really thought about it, but what happens
> if you'd use year-month ("1979-11") for year?
Good point
I shall experiment
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d6jg wrote:
> Yes but that would put it into "Various Artists" (or whatever you called
> it in Settings.
Yes, but...
i call compilations compilations rather than various artists. I also
use 7.9.1 and have setting for showing album artists and artists menu
items separately.
With this in
Mnyb wrote:
>
> I upvote erlands patch to turn of VA logic , you do that in the
> byggzilla btw.
Thank you, I casted my vote.
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More thinking .
I upvote erlands patch to turn of VA logic , you do that in the
byggzilla btw.
d6jg is rigth .
You just cant trust taggers and especially not thier dB and accept the
tags rigth off , check them manually each rip .
You cant build a good app if you try second guess the usaul
Oddly, Roon will call something like Heavy Cream a compilation. Its
definition of a comp includes a greatest hits approach even if single
artist. I dont like this approach (one can undo this in Roon but it is a
manual approach so would take a lot of work).
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d6jg wrote:
> BTW Heavy Cream is one of the better Cream best of compilations out
> there !!
agree. :cool:
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I don't wish to start a bigger argument but earlier someone suggested
that most ripping software managed to tag the files correctly.
I was thinking about this statement and I am not sure it is entirely
true.
Most ripping software uses online sources for its tags whether that be
MusicBrainz,
garym wrote:
> I wouldnt call it a comp either, but if I wanted it to show up under
> compilations in lms, I would only need to add a tag, COMPILATION = 1.
Yes but that would put it into "Various Artists" (or whatever you called
it in Settings).
In traditional physical filing I'd have the
d6jg wrote:
> but "Best of Cream" is a compilation by single artist - Cream. I have
> never considered the latter to be a compilation in LMS terms and I don't
> know how you could tag it to be so. Anyone?
I wouldnt call it a comp either, but if I wanted it to show up under
compilations in lms,
BJW wrote:
> It could be. Erland submitted a patch to add a pref that did that,
> namely toggle VA logic detection. When off, only explicit comp tags
> would be recognized.
>
> http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8324
Ill see if i voted on that already
d6jg wrote:
> I can't speak for Classical music as I don't have that much but
> certainly my experience with popular music is that if the stuff is
> tagged correctly in the first place then there are no issues. Inevitably
> this means doing it carefully and not replying 100% on auto rippers /
>
d6jg wrote:
>
> My OCD also doesn't like the fact that LMS can sort by Album / Year but
> then alphabetically so that if a band released two albums in the same
> year they can end up being in the wrong order if the band in question
> didn't have the foresight to name them in line with LMS's
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