There are 3 significant tables in the db Albums Tracks Contributors Album_id is the ID no assigned to an an album in the albums table
Every Contributor has an ID The contributors table contains an entry for any entity the scan finds whether it be band, artist, composer, conductor etc Artist_id is from the Tracks table and equates to the Contributor ID of the principal track artist (I think - Im typing from memory). In the tracks table you will also find columns for album_id, composer_id etc etc As I say a bit of a dig into the tables explains a lot. If you do take a look make sure you only look at a copy of library.db and stop LMS before you take the copy. I think Im correct in saying that the LMS scanner uses a piece of generic Perl - Audio::Scan - but its Michael and his predecessors who have decided how to populate the database from the tags data it finds accordingly. Everything in LMS works from the db except Music Folder browsing and More, More Info, View Tags VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* Joggler & Pi4/Khadas -> Onkyo TXNR686 -> Celestion F20s *Office* Joggler & Pi3 -> Denon RCD N8 -> Celestion F10s *Dining Room* SB Boom *Kitchen* UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* Pi Zero+DAC ->ToppingTP21 ->AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV) & Bathroom* SB Touch ->Denon AVR ->Mordaunt Short M10s + Kef ceiling speakers *Guest Room* Joggler > Topping Amp -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes Everything controlled by iPeng & Material on iOS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109624
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