Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Compilation issues

2018-02-25 Thread Mnyb
I have a LOT of disc with albumartist tag that never gets treated as a comp or finds their way into ”Varius artist” ? When does this happen exactly Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Compilation issues

2018-02-25 Thread garym
If one searches the forum youll find many threads and 100s of posts from 8-10 years ago related to the issues of compilations, use of various artists, the concept of tracksrtist, etc. there were lots of opinions and folks could never agree. to be fair, I was initially caught off guard with Lms

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] There has to be a better way...

2018-02-25 Thread d6jg
Iirc Apple does now support FLAC but in a clunky way. If you have a FLAC file in your iCloud for example you can open and play it but the music player app doesn’t yet read them into the library. PI3 PCP/LMS STORAGE QNAP TS419P (NFS) *Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Compilation issues

2018-02-25 Thread dolodobendan
BJW wrote: > it seems it works for most people? and you know this how? > > putting aside that this product has failed, it worked for audiophiles > who were willing to workaround issues. thats not most people, i assure > you. Because "i assure you"? As I said before and will repeat one last

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Compilation issues

2018-02-25 Thread BJW
dolodobendan wrote: > It's a design choice that got your collection wrong sometimes and mine > never. And it seems that this assumptions works for most people. These > people all would have to set compilation=1 just for you not having to > set it to zero. it seems it works for most people? and

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Compilation issues

2018-02-25 Thread BJW
dolodobendan wrote: > I really have to imagine that, because I do not have such discs. i bet u do have such discs, if u have any comps at all. what u might not have is a ripper that rips discs that way, or maybe u changed how it rips such discs. again, its VERY common. WMP, winamp, EAC,

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Compilation issues

2018-02-25 Thread dolodobendan
BJW wrote: > > As I said, and I stand by it 100%, determining that something is NOT a > comp just bc it has an albumartist tag present, (absent an explicit > comp=1 tag), IS a logical fallacy, a demonstrably false assumption. > > Why argue against something obvious? It's a design choice that

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Compilation issues

2018-02-25 Thread dolodobendan
BJW wrote: > It has nothing to do with my collection or yours. What I am saying in > this one particular example is that server starts off with a logical > fallacy, which once again is a file, if it has no comp tag=1, and it > does have albumartist tags, is by definition, not a comp. > > So