Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Missing Files

2014-03-17 Thread ply3908
Did you see the tags (album name, song title, artist...) when you play them via Music Folder? If not, you should find them under "no artist" and "no album" and fix them with mp3tag as suggested by many. ply3908's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Missing Files

2014-03-17 Thread ply3908
Did you see the tags (album name, song title, artist...) when you play them via Music Folder? ply3908's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38634 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthre

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Missing Files

2014-03-15 Thread jimbobvfr400
On that page there's a mp3tag specific guide in a link, also found here http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Mp3tagGuide Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk jimbobvfr400's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.p

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Missing Files

2014-03-15 Thread garym
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Beginners_Guide_To_Tagging *Location 1:* VortexBox 4TB (2.2) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Location 2:* VBA 3TB (2.2) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio)

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Missing Files

2014-03-15 Thread xdb
Thanks a lot to all who answered. I clearly have a lot to learn! I did start with mp3tag at the suggestion of one of the earlier respondents but as an outright beginner I found the accompanying explanatory material difficult to follow and I'm not at all sure that I am using it properly. Do any

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Missing Files

2014-03-14 Thread Mnyb
Yes 1+ to stratmangler and abuti :) You must personally inspect every tag on everything . Must add that the " professionals " can be worse than amateurs , some legally downloaded stuff i got had horrible tagging . Different album name track numbers that dont fit the compilation etc --

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Missing Files

2014-03-14 Thread Stratmangler
xdb wrote: > *Perhaps I'm naive but I would have thought that all the discs in a > professional box set would be similarly tagged etc*. So if I can see > one why can't I see the other nine? > > It's more a frustration than anything else because ultimately I can play > them all. But I would rea

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Missing Files

2014-03-14 Thread aubuti
xdb wrote: > I think there is something strange going on. I have a 10-CD box set of > which 1 disc appears under 'Artists' but to see the other 9 I have to go > to 'Music Folder'. Perhaps I'm naive but I would have thought that all > the discs in a professional box set would be similarly tagged

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Missing Files

2014-03-14 Thread xdb
ply3908 wrote: > Just wondering...Did you do a library scan after adding the flac files > to the library? Yes. Thanks for the thought but it's not the answer. I think there is something strange going on. I have a 10-CD box set of which 1 disc appears under 'Artists' but to see the other 9 I h

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Missing Files

2014-03-14 Thread jimbobvfr400
Of he's accessed them via folder view then they get added without a scan anyway, handy little trick if you just add the odd album every so often. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk jimbobvfr400's Profile: http://forums.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Missing Files

2014-03-14 Thread ply3908
Just wondering...Did you do a library scan after adding the flac files to the library? ply3908's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38634 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Missing Files

2014-03-14 Thread xdb
Thanks, all - will follow your advice and see what I find ... John xdb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=62669 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101154 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Missing Files

2014-03-14 Thread Mnyb
artist sort tags can also be there... Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + power

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Missing Files

2014-03-14 Thread aubuti
The devil is often found in the details of "_seem_ to be tagged correctly". I don't have LMS in front of me, but I think if you navigate to the "missing" tracks via Browse Music Folder (using the LMS web ui) you can drill down to view the tags that LMS is seeing. Take a look there -- a very close

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Missing Files

2014-03-14 Thread jimbobvfr400
How are you checking the tags? By far the best tagging application I've used is MP3Tag. The way I use it to find issues like this is to open all tracks by that artist, hopefully your folder structure will make this easy, select all tracks and then open the extended tag window. This view is usefu

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Missing Files

2014-03-14 Thread xdb
jimbobvfr400 wrote: > Are any of them listed in the separate various artists/compilations > artist category at the top of the artists view? > > I've had this before where I hadn't spotted a subtle difference in the > artist tag of tracks in an album or it has the compilation tag set > > Sent fr

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Missing Files

2014-03-14 Thread jimbobvfr400
Are any of them listed in the separate various artists/compilations artist category at the top of the artists view? I've had this before where I hadn't spotted a subtle difference in the artist tag of tracks in an album or it has the compilation tag set Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk --

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Missing Files

2014-03-14 Thread xdb
Mnyb wrote: > Investigate them with an tag editor such as mp3tag , if they have no or > wrong tags they may not contain any artist or album info Thanks for the suggestion, but that doesn't seem to be the reason. I did investigate as you said but the files seem to be properly tagged. Any other

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Missing Files

2014-03-14 Thread Mnyb
xdb wrote: > Well, not really missing but for some reason certain files only appear > in the Music Folder and not under Artists or Albums. So I can play them > but would much prefer to be able to access them in the usual manner. > > Any thoughts. I use a Vortexbox as NAS and the missing files

[SlimDevices: Touch] Missing Files

2014-03-14 Thread xdb
Well, not really missing but for some reason certain files only appear in the Music Folder and not under Artists or Albums. So I can play them but would much prefer to be able to access them in the usual manner. Any thoughts. I use a Vortexbox as NAS and the missing files appear (to my inexpert