Re: [slim] Re: Same album title, different artists

2005-08-25 Thread Ben Sandee
On 8/24/05, MeSue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This goes back to my original message #1, for which there is already a > bug report (1378). Do you want another bug report filed since this is > still happening in 6.2? Do you still want me to upload my > slimserversql.db? That might be difficult becau

[slim] Re: Same album title, different artists

2005-08-24 Thread MeSue
I downloaded the 8/24 nightly for 6.2. Erased my slimserversql.db file. Installed. After the rescan, the duplicate album names that I HAD listed in "common album titles" seem to be fine, with one exception: "The Hits" by REO Speedwagon is listed 6 times. This is probably because I listed song yea

[slim] Re: Same album title, different artists

2005-08-23 Thread MeSue
>>Have you tried creating these same mixes in MusicMagicMixer with the same filters, style, variety, size and type settings? If MusicMagic can't create an applicable mix, it will report "couldn't get mix" as well as when the seed is not valid.<< I just tried it and got a mix just fine in MMM. >>

Re: [slim] Re: Same album title, different artists

2005-08-23 Thread kdf
Quoting MeSue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Thanks for the reply. It's good to know it's being worked on. By the > way, most of the duplicate album names that I left in the common titles > section are now listed multiple times for the same artist. > > I did the logging of d_musicmagic and the problem o

[slim] Re: Same album title, different artists

2005-08-23 Thread MeSue
Thanks for the reply. It's good to know it's being worked on. By the way, most of the duplicate album names that I left in the common titles section are now listed multiple times for the same artist. I did the logging of d_musicmagic and the problem only occurs when I have certain filters select

Re: [slim] Re: Same album title, different artists

2005-08-23 Thread kdf
Quoting MeSue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >>If I install the 6.2 beta will it treat duplicate album titles by > different artists as separate items<< > > I didn't get an answer to this yesterday so I just went ahead and tried > the beta. The answer is no. So why was 6.2 beta suggested to me? It > act

[slim] Re: Same album title, different artists

2005-08-23 Thread MeSue
>>If I install the 6.2 beta will it treat duplicate album titles by different artists as separate items<< I didn't get an answer to this yesterday so I just went ahead and tried the beta. The answer is no. So why was 6.2 beta suggested to me? It actually makes things worse than before. I took t

[slim] Re: Same album title, different artists

2005-08-22 Thread MeSue
Dan Sully Wrote: > > > In that case, the TPE2 aka BAND field will be treated as > 'ALBUMARTIST'. > I'm sorry if I seem dense, butÂ… what? I do all my tagging in Music Library. I guess Album Artist is a database field and not a ID3 tag, then. If I install the 6.2 beta will it treat duplicate

Re: [slim] Re: Same album title, different artists

2005-08-22 Thread kdf
Quoting MeSue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > That must be in the 6.2 nightlies. I've been sticking with 6.1. I'm not > sure how it relates, though, since the issue I described has nothing to > do with various artist albums. What is needed is support for the > AlbumArtist tag, I think. they are related.

[slim] Re: Same album title, different artists

2005-08-22 Thread Dan Sully
* MeSue shaped the electrons to say... Dan Sully Wrote: What audio file format in particular are you using? Everything is MP3. In that case, the TPE2 aka BAND field will be treated as 'ALBUMARTIST'. -D -- 31336.5: the neighbor of the l33t ___ Dis

[slim] Re: Same album title, different artists

2005-08-22 Thread MeSue
Dan Sully Wrote: > What audio file format in particular are you using? Everything is MP3. -- MeSue Sue ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Same album title, different artists

2005-08-22 Thread Patrick Dixon
MeSue Wrote: > That must be in the 6.2 nightlies. I've been sticking with 6.1. I'm not > sure how it relates, though, since the issue I described has nothing to > do with various artist albums. What is needed is support for the > AlbumArtist tag, I think.EAC/FLAC doesn't support the AlbumArtist t

[slim] Re: Same album title, different artists

2005-08-22 Thread MeSue
Does the common album titles setting support wildcards? If so, then I could just put something like * in there to have it match artist and album for everything. Is there a performance reason why artist and album aren't automatically compared for everything? -- MeSue Sue ___

[slim] Re: Same album title, different artists

2005-08-22 Thread Dan Sully
* MeSue shaped the electrons to say... That must be in the 6.2 nightlies. I've been sticking with 6.1. I'm not sure how it relates, though, since the issue I described has nothing to do with various artist albums. What is needed is support for the AlbumArtist tag, I think. 6.2beta has support

[slim] Re: Same album title, different artists

2005-08-22 Thread MeSue
That must be in the 6.2 nightlies. I've been sticking with 6.1. I'm not sure how it relates, though, since the issue I described has nothing to do with various artist albums. What is needed is support for the AlbumArtist tag, I think. -- MeSue Sue __

Re: [slim] Re: Same album title, different artists

2005-08-22 Thread kdf
Quoting MeSue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I think I found the bug you mentioned (1378?) and I voted on it. The > last comment in that bug says: "Dan: does VA make this better?" Do you > know what that means? various artists. the recent nightly builds have a number of settings related to grouping of

[slim] Re: Same album title, different artists

2005-08-22 Thread MeSue
Ok, I guess I'll have to find all the duplicate album titles and put them in the common titles for now. Grrr. I think I found the bug you mentioned (1378?) and I voted on it. The last comment in that bug says: "Dan: does VA make this better?" Do you know what that means? -- MeSue Sue ___

[slim] Re: Same album title, different artists

2005-08-22 Thread Patrick Dixon
It does require a rescan. There is already a bug open for this - the complication is (was) that slimserver tries to pickup Various Artist Albums, where Album title is common but Artist isn't. -- Patrick Dixon www.at-view.co.uk ___ Discuss mailing li