Discsubtitle groupings

[simbun]

(10-01-2022 11:41)simoncn Wrote:  Rather than adding yet further tweaks such as overloading DISCSUBTITLE, a better solution that meets a number of requirements would be a flexible way to map the physical structure of discs and tracks to a logical hierarchy that can be configured to suit the user's requirements. This could include a level above album for boxed sets and a level below album and above disc for subdivisions such as the acts of an opera. The latter should also satisfy this requirement of yours. This is not imminent but might happen after some more urgent work items have been completed.

Whilst adhering to the limitations of the UPnP spec throughout no doubt! Not thought of creating MinimControl ;-)

Box sets are an interesting one; within the current implementation I've chosen to have everything within the box set be an album, and have the tag BOXTITLE be appended to the album name (using .displayFormat of course) so I know it's come from a box set. I've chosen this route as I have quite a few albums that I have multiple releases of (original, remasters, 50th Anniversary e.t.c.) and given I sort them by the original release date I can see them next to each other, but it also means I see "albums" that really should only be seen within the confines of the box set e.g. archival recordings that have never been released before other than through the box set itself.

Have you thought how you'd display items at that level? I think it would be nice to see them represented as a single entity, but I wouldn't want to lose the ability to have all the albums listed next to each other. Maybe you could show the box set alongside the albums (with some differentiator), and have some way of hiding certain discs within the set so they're only listed when you descend into it.

Anyway, looks like you have enough to be keeping you busy for some time yet!