While waiting for Michael repair and release it in next nigthly built, I'm doing some more test on Virtual Libraries and Enhanced (or additional) browse modes.
My configuration i like that: n. virtual libraries, defined in a plugin similar to the demo one using queries based on the url in tracks table, just replicating the first level of my phisical folder structure. Then, in ABM (Additional Browse Mode) I defined six filters for each Library, based on artists and each for a specific role (It will not end up like that, is just a trial to well understand how it really works), like COMPOSER, CONDUCTOR,...TRACKARTIST. Don't think has effect, but my Music settings are like that: Use single, configurable list for Artist. and Composer, Director and Band in Artist. This end up with some number of 'buttons' in UI, named like: Classica: Composers Classica: Directors ... Jazz: Album Artists Jazz: Track Artists ... Rock: Bands Rock: Artists ... I've got six more button acting on a specific role but on the full library: All: Composeres ... All: TrackArtists First step of browsing act as I espected, some initial difficult to understand what's the specific meaning of artist here, but ok. Selecting in any list an artistName (use this in order to not make confusion with artist), you get a list of albums where the artist name is involved by the specific role, just as it should. Selecting an Album, You get ONLY the tracks by the specific composer, this not depending upon the preference in Music to group or not compilations. I think this is at least arguable, I'll preffer to see the entire Album, better use the preference to determinate it. playing the album enqueue just the displayed tracks. If you then select a track from the album details in Browse (or in the currrent playlist) it shows up correctly. Here thinks start to go wrong: 1. Cliking the album form the track, you get the album "empty" (no tracks), and You could not 'play' it. 2. Clicking any artist name in any role, you get an empty browse. 3. Same for genre and years. Same happen selecting artistNames or album form the tracks in the current playlist (when added this way). Never tried withoud Virtual libraries, maybe is a 'normal' behaivour of ABM, in that case you could just forget this post, move it or consider it for ABM Matter. Marco. ____________________________________________________________ SB+, Klimo Merlino + Kent Gold, Monitor Audio Studio 20 Gold SE+, Klimo reference and DIS Interconnect. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ marcoc1712's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34842 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101701 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list beta@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
