Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] What are the rules for LMS for merging albums from different subdirectories?

2019-12-19 Thread cdmackay
emalvick wrote: > > Finally, I don't know how LMS would treat the Replay Gain tags for > albums. Do they have to be the same? I know when I rip CD's, each disk > will get its own value. I usually use MP3Tag to merge the albums > together with tags (I set track numbers of form 101, 201,

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] What are the rules for LMS for merging albums from different subdirectories?

2019-12-19 Thread emalvick
BJW wrote: > Something else I've posted about in the past, is that LMS respects > leading and trailing spaces. So if u have any, in say the album artist > field, album or disc # field, etc, could be the issue, assuming the > behavior is the same. > > Also, I don't merge multidisc sets, bc I

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] What are the rules for LMS for merging albums from different subdirectories?

2019-12-18 Thread BJW
Something else I've posted about in the past, is that LMS respects leading and trailing spaces. So if u have any, in say the album artist field, disc field, etc, could be the issue, assuming the behavior is the same. Also, I don't merge multidisc sets, bc I want to see one artwork per physical

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] What are the rules for LMS for merging albums from different subdirectories?

2019-12-18 Thread emalvick
Some one else noted this, but having both ID3v1 and v2 can be a problem if for some reason they get out of sync. LMS will read v1 first (if it is there) but most taggers might only show v2 unless v2 is removed. I've had to really dig in at times. A problem I've also had is capitalization.

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] What are the rules for LMS for merging albums from different subdirectories?

2019-12-17 Thread slartibartfast
garym wrote: > Emphasizing his point: Doing a full clear and rescan is -*critical*- > after the tagging changes.A quicker way is to move the changed files > elsewhere, do a "new and changed" scan, replace the files and do another "new and changed" scan. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] What are the rules for LMS for merging albums from different subdirectories?

2019-12-17 Thread garym
d6jg wrote: > I also agree that it will be a tagging issue but when these things occur > you also need to do a full clear and rescan. Update scans will often > produce odd results. Emphasizing his point: Doing a full clear and rescan is -*critical*- after the tagging changes. *Home:* VBA

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] What are the rules for LMS for merging albums from different subdirectories?

2019-12-17 Thread d6jg
T-bird wrote: > Agree with Garym, it must be a tagging problem > Things to check for: > Make sure there is only one tag version in the files, if you use mp3 it > can have both id3v1 and id3v2, think LMS gonna use v1 if present. > Make sure Album name is exactly the same, if it has a space at

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] What are the rules for LMS for merging albums from different subdirectories?

2019-12-17 Thread T-bird
Agree with Garym, it must be a tagging problem Things to check for: Make sure there is only one tag version in the files, if you use mp3 it can have both id3v1 and id3v2, think LMS gonna use v1 if present. Make sure Album name is exactly the same, if it has a space at the end it's hard to see

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] What are the rules for LMS for merging albums from different subdirectories?

2019-12-17 Thread Dave1992
garym wrote: > in my case when I’ve had this problem it was always caused by a subset > of files having a single tag field that was different. The hard part is > that it may not be a field you even use. mp3tag program is useful for > opening all files, selecting show extended tags, then you can

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] What are the rules for LMS for merging albums from different subdirectories?

2019-12-17 Thread garym
Dave1992 wrote: > Thank you all. > Unfortunately, I tried everything already, without any success. > I mean, I tried moving files into one directory and I know that can > solve the issue easily, but since I can see on my system that in some > cases it is not needed, and the LMS knows to take

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] What are the rules for LMS for merging albums from different subdirectories?

2019-12-17 Thread Dave1992
Thank you all. Unfortunately, I tried everything already, without any success. I mean, I tried moving files into one directory and I know that can solve the issue easily, but since I can see on my system that in some cases it is not needed, and the LMS knows to take files from different

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] What are the rules for LMS for merging albums from different subdirectories?

2019-12-15 Thread garym
BJW wrote: > > Personally I avoid all this by always keeping all tracks on a given disc > in one folder. No more, no less. I never need comp=0 tags as a result. I do the same. And thus don't use comp=0. *Home:* VBA 4TB (2.5)>LMS 7.9.2>Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet)

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] What are the rules for LMS for merging albums from different subdirectories?

2019-12-14 Thread BJW
Links in my sig cover this, and discuss when comp=0 tags are needed. Personally I avoid all this by always keeping all tracks on a given disc in one folder. No more, no less. I never need comp=0 tags as a result. using: win7 64 + lms 7.9 & duet & ipads w/the logitech app, and ipeng on an

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] What are the rules for LMS for merging albums from different subdirectories?

2019-12-10 Thread garym
cdmackay wrote: > One more point I remember: some of the track-level tags are important > too, e.g. if you have a track with a different artist, that can mess up > the merging, too. I've had that with some bonus tracks that have artist > "blah feat. blah2" etc. definitely, unless one has

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] What are the rules for LMS for merging albums from different subdirectories?

2019-12-10 Thread cdmackay
One more point I remember: some of the track-level tags are important too, e.g. if you have a track with a different artist, that can mess up the merging, too. I've had that with some bonus tracks that have artist "blah feat. blah2" etc. If all else fails, post the two sets of tags here, and

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] What are the rules for LMS for merging albums from different subdirectories?

2019-12-10 Thread d6jg
I use dbPoweramp to rip. I have set it up to make all track file names also contain the discnumber e.g. 1 - 01 Track.flac and include discnumber in the tags and place all files in Artist / Album structure. This works for me. VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] What are the rules for LMS for merging albums from different subdirectories?

2019-12-10 Thread dolodobendan
I'm not sure if this is still an issue: If you have a disc with x tracks and you change (or just re-save) n tracks while not preserving the files' timestamps and you run "Look for new and changed media files", you would get two discs: One with x-n tracks and one with n tracks. Clear "library and

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] What are the rules for LMS for merging albums from different subdirectories?

2019-12-10 Thread cdmackay
I rip to FLAC+CUE, and split multi-CD albums into separate directories, one per CD, and I want LMS to merge them into a single album, which it does most of the time. When it doesn't it's generally because something is different about one of the CDs tags. i.e. LMS will merge them as long as the