hi all... reviving another old thread b/c the bug its about is due to be discussed at the next bug meeting.
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8324 first, lets get back on track. the question posed by this thread is: "Is the VA detection logic necessary?" i don't see how anyone could argue that it is NECESSARY. at best, its a convienence, at worst, a non-optional pita; but there is no reason to force it as a necessity on everyone. everyone does NOT need it, want it, or benefit from it. i certainly don't. there is no question that it is also imperfect and not fullproof. and its also important to note that its an unexpected "feature" ...as i know of no other apps that have anything similar. erland has submitted a patch to allow users to turn this off. i see no reason not to put it in (assuming the code is solid, and erland knows code). the world didn't end when bug 8001 got implemented, and it solved a lot of issues for me and many other barbarians like me who have tags not by user design, but by mainstream app design. the issue is not a spec issue per se, but rather an issue of recognizing realities in the marketplace. this option would further do that. if it were available to me, i would turn it off right now. at that point i could: 1. live with the consequences of SC not knowing such and such was a comp. discussed here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48591 2. use some app or another to tag whatever albums i want as comps. (i would do this if i thought there was reason i wanted the album identified as a comp to SC) whats good about this, is i'd only have to tag those few albums i'd want tagged. also, as i added new ripped albums, i'd only need to worry about this for those few new ones i thought needed it. all that is definitely better than trying to figure out and undo what SC got wrong. 3. suggest a new way for SC to "auto-detect" VA / comp albums. i really think the current VA logic is silly (from a design POV), altho i admit it works good for some people (in their estimations). however, what if we used new or different logic for the feature? what if a user could define certain strings found in certain tag fields as being indicative of being a compilation? for instance, what if upon scan SC found "Various Artists" in a tag, and the user had identified that string to indicate its a comp? the benefit of such a system is it would be foolproof. the user could define the string and the string would ID the comp. --- anyway, if we can enact bug 8001, i see no reason not to enact this bug as well. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 (primary) / SBR (secondary) / SBC - w/SC 7.1beta - Win XP Pro SP3 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - D-Link DIR-655 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47297 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
