mherger wrote: > May I ask how you use the TrackStat plugin? Which of its features are > the most important? And where do the performance issues kick in?
Hi Michael I periodically receive links with new albums from a provider that serves several German/Swiss/Austrian download platforms with music, for which I am invited to write reviews online. I do not care about single titles or singles or only when the album is available. I do it for a small fee per review, but it's not my main job ;-). And I'm compensated with the music ;-). I download all new albums 2-3x a month, correct the tags according to my needs (4 categories Jazz, Rock, Pop, Soul, R & B), execute Replaygain. Then I listen through the recently added, unrated albums. For this I use the predefined Trackstat queries. I rate those albums that do not interest me in one move with *, the others are listened to more closely and their titles are rated. Incidentally, over 50% of my collection is rated *, but I cannot persuade myself to delete those albums. Since LMS runs on a fast SDD and since LMS 7.9 the corresponding Trackstat queries are OK. It was much worse with 7.5.6. So the performance problems are not my main problem anymore. For my private listening I use library views. These have been a big help since 7.9. But for example, until now I have not been able to create a library view for unrated albums or titles via a advanced search query (there is missing a corresponding variable in the input mask, perhaps this is not possible). Trackstat may not be well integrated into LMS as a plugin in this respect. However, it's easy to compile titles with minimal ratings for a given time period or genre via a library view. These work well: 2018_3 + (163 tracks) (Example: All tracks rated at least *** from albums from 2018) 3+ (198,663 tracks) (Example: All tracks with at least ***) 4+ (23,034 tracks) (Example: All tracks rated at least ****) 5 (3,139 tracks) (Example: All titles rated *****) 5_Classical (102 titles) 5_Jazz (119 tracks) Added2018 (46,382 tracks) AllClassical (43,412 tracks) AllJazz (129,925 tracks) BestOf00s (6,329 tracks) BestOf1968 (180 titles) BestOf2010 + (4,175 titles) BestOf2016 + (111 tracks) BestOf50s (143 tracks) BestOf60s (1,001 tracks) BestOf70s (2,930 tracks) BestOf80s (3,731 tracks) BestOf90s (4,682 titles) BestOfAll (23,034 tracks) BestOfAll320kb / s (12,244 tracks) BestOfAll_ohne_Klassik (22,445 titles) BestOfClassical (758 titles) BestOfJazz (2,269 tracks) BestOfVor1950 (7 tracks) before1950 (8,156 tracks) Main problem: I've had to replace the external hard drives several times, be it because of full disk or defects. I also have 3 backup generations. It is extremely cumbersome to restore reviews with Trackstat Restore. The import always takes several days. There is also no feedback about the restore status. The file paths must match exactly (or I have to manually edit the backup file, which is not trivial because oft he file size of about 300 MB). If Trackstat was integrated with LMS, I could sleep better. Still, LMS is by far the best thing I've come across for my purposes. And I even asked radio studios about their professional systems. These exceed my financial possibilities. Best regards Daniel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bronx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33115 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109093 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
