RobbH wrote: 
> Gentlemen (meaning primarily PasTim and dolodobendan):
> 
> These things matter. A lot. To a very few of us. Among that small group
> of "us," opinions vary and disagreements are inevitable. Like academic
> infighting, one of the reasons disputes can be so bitter is that the
> stakes are so small.
> 
> I do not have a degree in Physics, much to my regret. What I have is
> nearly thirty years of experience as music director of a radio station
> that played mainly classical music. At the start, that is. Over the
> course of those thirty years, the percentage of time devoted to music
> decreased to less than half.
> 
> Managing the library was always a struggle. I tried various software
> solutions early on, and finally wrote my own in Filemaker. That solution
> gave me most of the information I needed, with the exception of a good
> way to distinguish between complete works and excerpts, which seemed to
> be a universal problem. My solution was also so clunky that entering new
> recordings was hopelessly complicated and severely slowed down expansion
> of the library.
> 
> There are legends in classical radio of people who started working on
> their own music management software and were, for all practical
> purposes, never heard from again. I mean that figuratively, of course.
> They still came to the office every day, but they were never known to do
> any productive work on anything but their software project, which was
> never completed.
> 
> I was almost one of those guys. I suppose I WAS one for a while, but I
> gave up and went back to my real work with what I had, limitations and
> all.
> 
> I have a fair amount of classical music in my library, and I feel your
> pain. But I'm willing to be content with the limited tools that are
> available within LMS for managing classical music. I use the sort of
> workarounds that you have rejected. And there are good reasons for
> rejecting them. When the title field is absurdly long, because you're
> trying to combine some representation of composer, title, catalog
> number, and subdivision (if any), all in one field, it's ugly and often
> unmanageable. And some important information is still missing.
> 
> I'm willing to live with the ugliness and unmanageability, as long as it
> doesn't get in the way of my enjoyment of the music. That's not to say
> that you should live with it or that it wouldn't detract from your
> enjoyment. But I would like to encourage you to consider the nature of
> that rabbit hole before you plunge back down into it. Especially, please
> try to calculate your chances of achieving what you will consider
> success and scale your dreams accordingly.
> 
> I do wish you both (and anyone else struggling with this) the best of
> luck. I hope you will find a way to achieve something that satisfies
> you. But please try to remember that it's very unlikely that your
> solution will satisfy anyone else. Opinions vary. Priorities differ. I
> hope you can enjoy your life and the wonderful music at your command,
> even with the necessary compromises.
Thanks - Tim



LMS 8.1 on PC, Xubuntu 20.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps.  2
Touches & EDO.
LMS plugin UPnP/DLNA Bridge to MF M1 CLiC (A308CR amp & ESLs) & Marantz
CR603 UPnP renderers.  
Also Minimserver & Upplay to same & to upmpdcli/mpd PC renderers.  
Squeezelite to Meridian USB Explorer DAC to PC speakers/headphones.  
Wireless Xubuntu 20.04 laptop firefox/upplay or Android mobile with
Squeeze-Ctrl/BubbleUPnP controls LMS/Minimserver.
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