Mnyb wrote:
Interesting that it works the server has a guess tag ability to get
info from the file and folder structure , but that is used when it can't
read the tags ? Or are no tags .
Does the scanning of the stick fails at some piont ?
Well if it works the way you want it to :)
Yes but the thing was it was only my pukka CD rips from my own
collection of discs tagged in Flac Frontend that didn't work.
But the theory is correct The Touch was taking the artist from the root
directory name of the USB stick instead of from the Tags.
At least I know what to do now - thanks
OK I have checked using Artist view instead (never used this before) and
what is interesting is that it actually lists SDA1 as an Artist ?
This is strange as when I finished running the Flac Frontend it lists
the aartist tag correctly eg. Paul McCartney etc
Also when I play the Flac on my PC in
As a further bit of information in Flac Frontend I am using the Tag
Conf. button to manually enter the artist and album names before
encoding the flacs.
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theadmans wrote:
As a further bit of information in Flac Frontend I am using the Tag
Conf. button to manually enter the artist and album names before
encoding the flacs.
open these FLAC files in mp3tag. Select the files and then right click
and select extended tags.do you see any stray
Hi garym - thanks for your interest.
Did as you suggested - installed the Mp3tag program.
Right clicked and chose extended tags got ARTIST : The Beatles, ALBUM :
Anthology 1
...absolutely no sign of the mysterious SDA1 - seem to only get this
when using the USB with the Touch ?
- I even
theadmans wrote:
Hi garym - thanks for your interest.
Did as you suggested - installed the Mp3tag program.
Right clicked and chose extended tags got ARTIST : The Beatles, ALBUM :
Anthology 1
...absolutely no sign of the mysterious SDA1 - seem to only get this
when using the USB with
kidstypike wrote:
What is your folder structure on the USB stick, do you have a separate
folder per album?
Attach the USB stick to your PC and delete the directory .Squeezebox.
Attach the USB stick to your Touch and let it rebuild the database, when
it's finished, browse your files by
theadmans wrote:
Yes I have 1 directory folder for each album copied directly onto the
root of the usb stick.
I deleted the .Squeezebox directory and there is no difference - still
seems to think that all my flacs have sda1 as the artist.
As an aside all the flacs on the usb that I have
Try another ripper/tagged like dBpower amp EAC .
Do they have an artist tag ? Not just an album artist tag or similar .
The tags are flac ( vorbiscomments ) not id3v in your flac files , and
especially not both .
Nue CUE files or in the directories ?
kidstypike wrote:
Ahem...
Try using the folder structure Artist/Album/File.flac. Delete
.Squeezebox and rescan.
...Well done - this has actually fixed the problem !
However, now if I use the Folder view on the Touch the album is listed
twice - once for the artist folder and once for
theadmans wrote:
...Well done - this has actually fixed the problem !
Go to the top of the class and get a gold star - no more sda1 now when
I play my flacs - yippee.
Interesting that it works the server has a guess tag ability to get
info from the file and folder structure , but that is
I have just started to use flac files stored on a USB stick with my
Squeezebox Touch.
I used FLAC frontend to tag my files correctly and then inserted the USB
into my Touch.
All works well and the tracks play fine but on the Now Playing screen I
get the correct track name and folder name but I
Is the presentation any different if you use album or artist menu rather
then music folder ?
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