2014-07-05, 22:26
I'm struggling to display my music in a way I like the look of. I want to remove too much choice and always start with a list of artists. I can see two ways in - files and library and I suspect I can't get where I want either way.
My files are in artist/album directories but I have two issues:
If I use the library then I get a list of all artists including those who are only on compilations.
The best option (I think from my position of ignorance) would be a way to exclude compilations from my initial artist list. A bonus would be a way to add "compilations" to the artist list but I haven't spotted a way to amend a pre-populated list at all. I've seen the option to access compilations only, which I haven't bothered to play with yet as it works in Confluence and it's the less annoying flip-side of trying to exclude them.
If I start from the file list I get the organisation I want (but I lose niceties like ignoring "the") but as I say, I haven't found any way to amend a list, or for that matter to do any sort of editing of any Info item (which might be enough). Any clues about this would be gratefully received even if there's no way to get to the artist or album name from a directory.
Any guidance will be fantastic, even if it's just "can't be done". At least I'll be able to move on to my next challenge then. TIA.
My files are in artist/album directories but I have two issues:
- I use underscores in place of spaces in filenames
- Info items only get populated once I work my way down to tracks
If I use the library then I get a list of all artists including those who are only on compilations.
The best option (I think from my position of ignorance) would be a way to exclude compilations from my initial artist list. A bonus would be a way to add "compilations" to the artist list but I haven't spotted a way to amend a pre-populated list at all. I've seen the option to access compilations only, which I haven't bothered to play with yet as it works in Confluence and it's the less annoying flip-side of trying to exclude them.
If I start from the file list I get the organisation I want (but I lose niceties like ignoring "the") but as I say, I haven't found any way to amend a list, or for that matter to do any sort of editing of any Info item (which might be enough). Any clues about this would be gratefully received even if there's no way to get to the artist or album name from a directory.
Any guidance will be fantastic, even if it's just "can't be done". At least I'll be able to move on to my next challenge then. TIA.