Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] The many bugs in SBS 7.6 in handling ARTIST and COMPOSER tags
Philip Meyer;638287 Wrote: However, it would be useful to have a way of filtering/grouping/sorting by contributor role. e.g. Group by Contributor Role, would first show all Albums by the contributor (Artist, Band/Orchestra and Album Artist roles), then albums that the contributor has had a guest appearance on (Track Artist), then albums that the contributor composed o conducted on. i.e. the list of albums would be clearly sectioned with headers to show Main Albums, Guest Albums (eg. compilation appearances), Composer, Conductor. Filter by Contributor Role could be provided to allow the user to choose a single section to show only main albums by that contributor, only guest albums, only albums they composed, conducted, etc, or All (default). Show All Songs link would then present the list of songs descending from all of the albums displayed in the filtered list. Perhaps a checkbox to toggle the display of each contributing role of interest, and this could be remembered for subsequent visits to album context for a chosen contributor. To me, that would be a much more consistent UI. You might want to vote for this feature request if you have not done so already: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12676 -- vagskal 2 x SB3 (wired), Receiver (wired), Boom (wireless), Controller, iPeng on iPhone 4 iPad, muso on remote computer running Win 7 64-bit | 7.5.4 (r32171) on Win XP vagskal's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20778 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88510 ___ beta mailing list beta@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
[SlimDevices: Beta] The many bugs in SBS 7.6 in handling ARTIST and COMPOSER tags
Today I took some time to compare, how SBS DID (Until 7.5.5 including) and DOES (in 7.6) handle artist and composer tag. Till 7.5.5 everything was fine: If You browsed by album You could simply click on an (track) artist or on an composer's name and SBS showed You, thoses songs this artist/composer contributed to THIS special album. If you chose a song and clicked on an artists/composers name it showed ALL other songs, You have in Your database sung/composed by this particular person. This has been FINE :) The URL/code was like http://127.0.0.1:9000/browsedb.html?hierarchy=contributor,album,tracklevel=1contributor.id=195contributor.role=COMPOSER or http://127.0.0.1:9000/browsedb.html?hierarchy=contributor,album,tracklevel=1contributor.id=442contributor.role=TRACKARTIST so You can easily see, the choise was made by the contributor.role part. In 7.6 everything got wired. First of all You CAN'T click on composer's names anymore - if You wanna make them clickable then You have to choose the make composer an artist option - and the price You pay is, SBS mixes up artist and composer to one artist_id - there seems to be no more contributor.role model. So If You click on Bob Dylan - even If You click on him from an ARTIST-tag - You see all 200 versions of Blowin' In The Wind he composed - and You really CAN'T see, which one is really SUNG by him and which one he only COMPOSED. For the web UI (speaking of mp3-files) shows only ONE name from the ARTIST/COMPOSER-mixture - You see in the left frame of the web ui a hunderd times Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan - and You can't see, which one is the Stevie Wonder-Version, the Marlene Dietrich-version, the Bryds-Version ... or which is Dylans Original Version... :( The url/code here is like http://127.0.0.1:9000/clixmlbrowser/clicmd=browselibrary+itemsartist_id=7057mode=albumslinktitle=Interpret%20(Petra%20Frey)/ or http://127.0.0.1:9000/clixmlbrowser/clicmd=browselibrary+itemsartist_id=261mode=albumslinktitle=Interpret%20(Toto%20Cutugno)/ don't know where this linktitle=Interpret part comes from - I tried to change it to composer manually - nothing changed :( Another disadavantage is, clicking on an ARTISTs name on an album page, doesn't show You just the songs on THIS particular album, this person sings on ... but shows all (other) ALBUMS this person sings on ... E.g. You own the new Dave Stewart album where he sings songs with Stevie Nicks and Martina McBride headline says: Track Artist: Dave Stewart, Martina McBride, Stevie Nicks In 7.5.5 clicking on Stevie Nicks' name would show You those song(s) Stevie Nicks sings on - fine, this is what I'm looking for, when I click it. In 7.6 clicking on Stevie Nicks' name shows You ALL (other) albums Stevie Nicks sings on (or composed a song for) - this is definitely NOT the information I'm looking for in first place, when I browse an album ... I'm not quite sure, how to put this in a bug - I think the whole thing of handling ARTIST/COMPOSER - tags and the ROLE model needs some work urgently... Would be VERY grateful if You could bring back at least the functionality of 7.5.x ... Thanks in advance Frank -- frank1969 frank1969's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31156 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88510 ___ beta mailing list beta@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] The many bugs in SBS 7.6 in handling ARTIST and COMPOSER tags
I think this would be fine *if* there was an alternative way to filter album/song views. I would expect by default to click an artist name no matter where it is presented, and see a list of all work they have been involved with. I'd expect to see a list of all albums, and underneath each album all songs that the contributor had any contributing role on. Follow the All Songs link in album context to show all songs for an artist. However, it would be useful to have a way of filtering/grouping/sorting by contributor role. e.g. Group by Contributor Role, would first show all Albums by the contributor (Artist, Band/Orchestra and Album Artist roles), then albums that the contributor has had a guest appearance on (Track Artist), then albums that the contributor composed o conducted on. i.e. the list of albums would be clearly sectioned with headers to show Main Albums, Guest Albums (eg. compilation appearances), Composer, Conductor. Filter by Contributor Role could be provided to allow the user to choose a single section to show only main albums by that contributor, only guest albums, only albums they composed, conducted, etc, or All (default). Show All Songs link would then present the list of songs descending from all of the albums displayed in the filtered list. Perhaps a checkbox to toggle the display of each contributing role of interest, and this could be remembered for subsequent visits to album context for a chosen contributor. To me, that would be a much more consistent UI. ___ beta mailing list beta@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] The many bugs in SBS 7.6 in handling ARTIST and COMPOSER tags
JJZolx;638290 Wrote: The problems described here are just the tip of it. Given the complete standstill that development of 7.6 has come to, I have a feeling that it will be released exactly as you see it now. Then there will be a storm of user complaints and fixes will trickle in over the following months. Well, I agree - releaseing 7.6 in this condition would be nearly suicide - it's MUCH less usable than 7.5. I like to test new things, that's why I install beta/nightlies - and I'm used to experience bugs ... but I'm also used to see progress, that bugs disappear.. I think 7.6 is a big step BACK from 7.5 as it is now... :( -- frank1969 frank1969's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31156 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88510 ___ beta mailing list beta@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
