[slim] Re: Does SlimServer support TSOP tag in FLAC files?

2006-03-19 Thread smc2911
Here's a twist. Because I am using mp3 files, I thought I should use TSOP to sort my artists. I tried and failed. I was surprised, since I thought this would be supported, based on my reading of http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?SlimServerSupportedTags and various discussion threads. I then to

Re: [slim] Re: Does SlimServer support TSOP tag in FLAC files?

2005-08-02 Thread Ben Sandee
On 8/2/05, JulianL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jim (JJZolx) recommended http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ to me and I love it. I > was currently 3 days into my 30 day trial of Tag & Rename. Admittedly > I'm not a very sophisticated user but I'm finding mp3tag really great. > > Excuse my newbie question

[slim] Re: Does SlimServer support TSOP tag in FLAC files?

2005-08-02 Thread JulianL
Jim (JJZolx) recommended http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ to me and I love it. I was currently 3 days into my 30 day trial of Tag & Rename. Admittedly I'm not a very sophisticated user but I'm finding mp3tag really great. Excuse my newbie question, I did try a search on "6.2 release date". Now I think yo

Re: [slim] Re: Does SlimServer support TSOP tag in FLAC files?

2005-08-02 Thread Ben Sandee
On 8/2/05, JulianL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah. Thanks for that Ben. This would also create a reason why the Album > title does need to be in the Albumsort tag because otherwise it is > possible that searching for an album could stop working altogether. Yet > again someone on this forum helps p

[slim] Re: Does SlimServer support TSOP tag in FLAC files?

2005-08-02 Thread JulianL
Ben Sandee Wrote: > On 8/2/05, JulianL forums.slimdevices.com> wrote: > > > > > > One question. If you search for an album then will the search > results > > be sorted using Albumsort values? This is probably the only area > that > > would bug me a bit. If I search for albums beginning with "A

Re: [slim] Re: Does SlimServer support TSOP tag in FLAC files?

2005-08-02 Thread Ben Sandee
On 8/2/05, JulianL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One question. If you search for an album then will the search results > be sorted using Albumsort values? This is probably the only area that > would bug me a bit. If I search for albums beginning with "An" then I > would prefer the search resul

[slim] Re: Does SlimServer support TSOP tag in FLAC files?

2005-08-02 Thread JulianL
Mike Hanson Wrote: > Make your ALBUMSORT value equal to [ArtistSort][Year][AlbumName], and > you'll have the best of all worlds. > > -=> Mike Hanson <=- I'm just coming to do this and it occurred to me that, for ease of typing, one doesn't really need to bother with the [albumname] at all for mo

[slim] Re: Does SlimServer support TSOP tag in FLAC files?

2005-08-02 Thread JulianL
That's pretty clever. On reflection I think this is the best compromise for me personally. Like Jim, I really want my albums by artist to sort in chronological order and this does it whithout quite such a disruption (for me) to the sort mode when browsing by album. I'm also now realising that I wa

[slim] Re: Does SlimServer support TSOP tag in FLAC files?

2005-08-02 Thread Mike Hanson
JJZolx Wrote: > 2) Yes, that's how it works. ALBUMSORT works similarly. I've played > with ALBUMSORT, entering [Year] [AlbumName] to get albums to sort > chronologically when browsing artists. This works great, but then > browsing albums or artwork, albums end up in Year/AlbumName sort order.

[slim] Re: Does SlimServer support TSOP tag in FLAC files?

2005-08-01 Thread JJZolx
JulianL Wrote: > Wow. Thank goodness for search. This was exactly my question. I have a > few follow-ups though: > > 1) This thread was left hanging. JJZolx asked if the ARTISTSORT is > SlimServer specific. Is it? > > 2) I hope this one is rhetorical, but just so I make sure I've > understood c

[slim] Re: Does SlimServer support TSOP tag in FLAC files?

2005-08-01 Thread radish
FLAC files use vorbis tags. You can embed ID3 (though I'm not sure why you'd want to) and some players will recognize them, but others will barf on them. -- radish ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lis

[slim] Re: Does SlimServer support TSOP tag in FLAC files?

2005-08-01 Thread JulianL
Wow. Thank goodness for search. This was exactly my question. I have a few follow-ups though: 1) This thread was left hanging. JJZolx asked if the ARTISTSORT is SlimServer specific. Is it? 2) I hope this one is rhetorical, but just so I make sure I've understood correctly I assume that if a

[slim] Re: Does SlimServer support TSOP tag in FLAC files?

2005-07-17 Thread JJZolx
Jason Voegele Wrote: > You can use the ARTISTSORT tag for FLAC files. It serves the same > purpose as > the TSOP ID3 tag, but works for FLAC and has a meaningful name. Thanks, Jason. The ARISTSORT tag does indeed work. I take it this tag is SlimServer specific? I can't find anything mention