Group Tag

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(07-11-2017 02:25)Rasmussen Wrote:  A few further comments:

Thanks for this feedback. See comments inline below.

Quote:(1) Thanks to the log, I was able to correct a few tagging errors. However, the "tracks that aren't consecutive" error could contain a little more detail, such as a path. For instance, one log line said the error was "in album Bach: Das Orgelwerk". The problem is that I have 7 different albums with that exact title...

I will look at this. The point might be moot because I am planning to change this to remove the error message and treat each consecutive run of tracks as a separate group.

Quote:(2) While the MinimServer concept of GROUP works well most of the time, it doesn't do so always.

For instance, I have two versions of the Monteverdi Vespers in which orchestral works by other composers were inserted between movements of the Monteverdi score. Naturally, that throws the GROUP tags out of sequence. And I have quite a few other instances of the same thing.

Because GROUP defines a containment substructure within an album, it isn't possible to include non-consecutive tracks in the same group and still play the entire album in the correct order. You would need to use a different non-containment tag such as WORK or COMPOSITION instead of GROUP to avoid this problem.

Quote:(3) In a few cases, the error seems to be thrown by the GROUP tag extending over multiple discs. For instance, in a recording of Parsifal, Act 1 begins on CD 1 and concludes on CD 2. The GROUP tag for all these tracks is "Act 1", and I could find no error, but MinimServer recorded a "tracks that aren't consecutive" error.

You can fix this by changing your tagging so that MinimServer automatically merges the discs (see this section). If you don't want to do this, the planned change I described above will remove the error and give you two groups for Act 1, one on disc 1 and the other on disc 2.

Quote:(4) Unfortunately, several control points interpret the GROUP container as a stand-alone container... they play the tracks in that group, then stop... which isn't helpful.

Which control points do this?