HOW-TO use XBMC's SQL Music database

xbmc doesnt support album tags in any other format besides mp3 & ogg right now

frodo

is it possible to make one for xbmc and put in xbmc v1.0(sorry i'm not a programmer) it would be great do...
is it also true that the album art isn't actualy stored inside the .wma file but kept separetly from the file?? keep up the good work guys!

hehe,

nice thad there is a music database, which contains all infos about each song stored on the pc and the xbox.

but it would be much nicer when the search function also use the infos stored in the database.

btw it feels like the search function ditn´t use the powerfull database. nice when sombody can fix it.

i want to get the fullest use out of the music db, as i use xbmc more for music than video. first i have a few questions:

should i use id3 or id3v2?
if a file has both, which does xbmc use/store in it's db?


is there any way to have the db display albums in a simlilar hierarchy to the way the ipod does it? i.e. if you sort by artist (artist view) you get a list of artist. choosing an artist brings up a list of albums by that artist. choosing an album displays the songs [ in track order first, else by name] of that album.

how do you/does xbmc determine what icon to use for an artist? does it just pick the first folder.jpg in a folder with songs for an artist?
--jaga