[slim] Re: Compilation albums - problem
Same problem for me, still not fixed in 6.5.1. I've just filed another Slim bug (4708). It's probably a duplicate, but this bug has been present for so long now that duplication is inevitable. Jim -- jimwillsher jimwillsher's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=410 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31716 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Compilation albums - problem
Hello, I recently upgraded to SlimServer 6.5, and ran into the problem posted by the original poster - all of my compilation albums show up fragmented when I browse by albums - i.e. one album per artist. I browsed around the forums quite a bit and realized that this seems to be a somewhat controversial issue, but I am still left with no real idea of how to fix this in my case. My specifics are as follows: - All of my music is from the iTunes library, which uses an Artist/Album/Song directory structure. - I tried toggling the "Group compilation albums together" flag and rescanning, but that did not work. Is it supposed to work in this case? (I seem to recall reading a thread about this working only if the scan order happened to process the tracks of the album contiguously.) - I tried upgrading to 6.5.1 (from 6.5.0), but that didn't help either. - SlimDevices support claims that unless I put all of the music from an album into one directory, there is no way I can get them to cluster into a single album on Browse by Album. Does this mean that I am out of luck with this issue if I use an iTunes based music library? (Seems kind of strange that the default directory structure used by something as ubiquitous as iTunes would map to an undesirable behavior in SlimServer - especially since older versions of SS seemed to handle it better.) I haven't tried any of the fancier solutions involving editing mp3 tags yet, but I would like to know if there was some way to get this to work without having to mess around with those each time after I have ripped a CD into iTunes. If all else fails, is there a way to easily go to an older version of SlimServer? My concern here is that my past upgrades have always resulted in a corresponding firmware upgrade on the Squeezebox, and I am not sure how going backwards on the server version will affect the Squeezebox. Thanks in advance for any help... - Narendran -- naren naren's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9740 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31716 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Compilation albums - problem
What is your music directory structure ? In particular, is the structure set up something like Artist/Album/Songs, so that for a compilation album, the songs are in 14 different directories ? If so, move the songs into a single folder (per album) and do a full rescan. Does this resolve the problem ? There's lots of discussion on the boards about whether the way that Slimserver treats compilations in 6.5 is a good or bad thing (see http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30839&highlight=single+folder+compilation) as just an example. If you want more background, check some of them out. If moving to a single folder alone doesn't fix the problem, or your files are structure some other way - there are some other possible fixes. Look at your tags - is the COMPILATION tag=0 (i.e. not a compilation) ? If so, either delete or change to COMPILATION=1. You may need to look at the files in MP3tag or similar. Force the album name - i.e open up the files in a tagging program of your choice and save the album name again - even if all entries look the same. In both cases, you may need to do a full clear and rescan to pick up the changes. Finally, do you use playlists ? If so, does clearing the playlist entry and rescanning give you the right behaviour ? In which case you may be experiencing this problem, which is an open bug. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31542 HTH, but let us know if none of this works. -- Siduhe Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31716 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Compilation albums problem since v 6.3 and in 6.5
gorgenyi;141610 Wrote: > Im not sure whether its actually my setup / os problem or bug. Since v > 6.3 I have an issue with compilation albums. In most cases they are no > longer kept as a single entity by slim server when scanned but > completely randomly, are split into many albums. Each listing holing 1 > or many songs under them. > Does any one else has this problem? > Its been absolutely fine until v.6.3, 6.3 was a lot less responsive > then previous versions, 6.5 is very quick, but this problem remains. > I have no add ins, using win xp pro, Pentium 4, 2.5GH, 2 gig ram. There is lots of info about this on the forum. My compilations broke first on 6.3 (as did many other peoples). The cure is to add the custom tag COMPILATION with a value of 1 to all songs in compilations (this took me only a minute or two to achieve using Foobar2000). Also ensure that under Server Settings/Behaviour/COMPILATIONS that you have "Group compilation albums together" selected. MC -- ModelCitizen Why does it always happen to me? Squeezebox2 > Benchmark Dac1 > Naim NAC 82 > Naim NAP 250 > Shahinian Arcs. Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28139 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
