Tagging classical music

[gnomus]

(08-05-2014 16:42)simoncn Wrote:  

(08-05-2014 15:11)gnomus Wrote:  Yes - I can get a screenshot from Kinsky. Here it is:

Thanks. This is helpful, as I had assumed from your earlier post that you were seeing the Group names in the Albums container.

By default, MinimServer doesn't merge albums from different folders unless they are multidisc albums. You have two options:

1) Use the multidisc approach, tagging the first opera as Disc 1, the second as Disc 2, etc. You can do this by adding [Disc n] to the end of the album title or by adding Discnumber tags to the tracks. It would also be a good idea to add Discsubtitle tags for the names of the operas.

2) Use the mergeFolderAlbums property to force albums in different folders to be merged. This is a global setting.

My advice is to try 1) first. If you haven't yet encountered MinimServer's multidisc container view, it's worth trying this to see how you like it. It shows the contents of all the discs in a single list, with dividers between them. You can use the dividers to select individual discs for playing.

Edit: Another advantage of the multidisc approach is that each disc can contain groups. This allows you to use a group for each opera act, with a containment hierarchy of Album / Disc / Group / Track.

Simon

Thanks again. That has sorted things out nicely (and quickly). (There was a minor screw-up when I ended up with all the Operas having 2 "DiscNumbers", but I was able to work that one out for myself).

I attach a Kinsky screenshot of what I have now for the Solti Ring.

A couple of questions:

Is it possible to choose a different piece for Art for the Overall Album view? (The one in the screenshot is the art for Rheingold.)
Is it possible to have the Art for each of the 4 Operas showing in Kinsky? As you can see, at present I only have the text.

Thanks again.