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RE: Ratings for Recording Quality - schliden - 01-05-2020 09:08
Is there any impact on minimserver memory or other efficiency by using both:
@ALBUM=
&ARTIST=
+DR=
For all albums, rather than just using a list of @ALBUM= ?
Also, are comments an option in the tagUpdate.txt file
RE: Ratings for Recording Quality - Alandbush - 01-05-2020 12:05
(01-05-2020 09:08)schliden Wrote: Is there any impact on minimserver memory or other efficiency by using both:
@ALBUM=
&ARTIST=
+DR=
For all albums, rather than just using a list of @ALBUM= ?
Also, are comments an option in the tagUpdate.txt file
A line beginning with a hash (#) character defines a comment.
Curious as to why you are using both Album and Artist to identify an Album. Are you not unnecessarily increasing your workload on data entry?
RE: Ratings for Recording Quality - simoncn - 01-05-2020 12:23
There is no impact on memory or performance from using @ and & together. It will take very very slightly longer to process the tag update file but the difference is negligible (milliseconds) and you will not notice it.
Any line not starting with one of the special characters is ignored. By convention you can use # but MinimServer does not enforce this. # is safe because it will never be used as a special character.
RE: Ratings for Recording Quality - schliden - 01-05-2020 14:05
Thanks Simon.
It appears however that including &ARTIST= qualifiers on @ALBUM= does not actually solve the issue of duplicate identical ALBUM names.
My tagUpdate.txt now contains 3 albums titled "Greatest Hits" each of which is qualified with an @ARTIST= but the scan process halted with the following log message:
MinimServer: duplicate '@' instruction in line 102 of /share/Qmultimedia/music/_minimserver/tagUpdate.txt
This was the first "Greatest Hits"
@ALBUM=Greatest Hits
&ARTIST=James Taylor
+DR=13
and this is the 2nd which starts at line 102.
@ALBUM=Greatest Hits
&ARTIST=Joe Jackson
+DR=13
Once I commented the 2nd instance, the scan then failed on the 3rd instance:
@ALBUM=Greatest Hits
&ARTIST=Nancy Sinatra
+DR=12
When the 3rd was commented, the scan completed sucessfully.
RE: Ratings for Recording Quality - simoncn - 01-05-2020 14:46
You cannot repeat the same @ALBUM tag. You need to rewrite this as:
@ALBUM=Greatest Hits
&ARTIST=James Taylor
+DR=13
&ARTIST=Joe Jackson
+DR=13
&ARTIST=Nancy Sinatra
+DR=12
The rules are explained in this section.
RE: Ratings for Recording Quality - schliden - 02-05-2020 03:21
(01-05-2020 12:05)Alandbush Wrote:(01-05-2020 09:08)schliden Wrote: Is there any impact on minimserver memory or other efficiency by using both:
@ALBUM=
&ARTIST=
+DR=
For all albums, rather than just using a list of @ALBUM= ?
Also, are comments an option in the tagUpdate.txt file
A line beginning with a hash (#) character defines a comment.
Curious as to why you are using both Album and Artist to identify an Album. Are you not unnecessarily increasing your workload on data entry?
Thanks Alandbush.
I (mistakenly) thought that adding an &ARTIST= qualifier to each @ALBUM= was required to uniquely identify album such as "Greatest Hits".
So, yes, I was unnecessarily increasing workload on data entry. (Although it is handy to know which artist is associated with which album entry ... hence my question about comments)
I will adjust it according to Simons later advice.
Thanks
RE: Ratings for Recording Quality - schliden - 02-05-2020 03:23
(01-05-2020 14:46)simoncn Wrote: You cannot repeat the same @ALBUM tag. You need to rewrite this as:
@ALBUM=Greatest Hits
&ARTIST=James Taylor
+DR=13
&ARTIST=Joe Jackson
+DR=13
&ARTIST=Nancy Sinatra
+DR=12
The rules are explained in this section.
Thanks Simon.
I do read the documentation, but clearly, not well enough.
RE: Ratings for Recording Quality - simoncn - 02-05-2020 09:20
It is quite difficult to explain this is a way that is both precise and easy to read and understand.
You do need &ARTIST if the album title is ambiguous (such as Greatest Hits). You don't need it in other cases but there is no harm with including it as either an & line or a comment line.
RE: Ratings for Recording Quality - schliden - 03-05-2020 07:10
I appreciate that.
Minimserver is an incredibly powerful and flexible piece of software.
Essentially, everything that I have wanted to do has been possible and it is a testament to your design and ongoing support.
Thank-you.