How to organize and tag classical music

[Leon di San Marco]

It worked!! I simply didn't restart MinimServer after making changes And all this just to see that the Group tag wasn't what I need. I thought that the groups of tracks would appear within the album like paragraphs...say like it looks in the booklet of a cd. Instead of that I get a step more to get to the tracks (I tip on "album", then on "group" and then I get the tracks) but this way I can only play the tracks included in a group, not the whole album through.
Could you please help me now with the "period" and "style" tags? Are they "recognized" by Minim or should I create alias'? Thank you one again for your patience

[simoncn]

(11-12-2014 11:15)Leon di San Marco Wrote:  It worked!! I simply didn't restart MinimServer after making changes And all this just to see that the Group tag wasn't what I need. I thought that the groups of tracks would appear within the album like paragraphs...say like it looks in the booklet of a cd. Instead of that I get a step more to get to the tracks (I tip on "album", then on "group" and then I get the tracks) but this way I can only play the tracks included in a group, not the whole album through.

Without opening any groups, you should be able to play the whole album (including any groups within it) or you should be able to play any complete individual group. The only reason you should need to open a group is to select and play individual tracks from within the group. If this isn't working as described, there might be a problem with the control point you're using. Which control point is it?

Quote:Could you please help me now with the "period" and "style" tags? Are they "recognized" by Minim or should I create alias'? Thank you one again for your patience

MinimServer can read and index any tags in your files. To tell MinimServer to read and index Period and Style tags, you need to add these tag names to the indexTags property and restart MinimServer.

[Leon di San Marco]

Quote:If this isn't working as described, there might be a problem with the control point you're using. Which control point is it?

I'm using connect free.

[simoncn]

(11-12-2014 11:56)Leon di San Marco Wrote:  I'm using connect free.

I've tried this and it looks like it doesn't have any way to play an album or group without opening it first.

[Pastim]

(11-12-2014 12:30)simoncn Wrote:  

(11-12-2014 11:56)Leon di San Marco Wrote:  I'm using connect free.

I've tried this and it looks like it doesn't have any way to play an album or group without opening it first.

Try a right click on the album or group.

[simoncn]

(11-12-2014 13:41)Pastim Wrote:  Try a right click on the album or group.

I was trying it on an iPad. I tried "long press" and "double tap" but these didn't do anything.

[Pastim]

(11-12-2014 13:57)simoncn Wrote:  

(11-12-2014 13:41)Pastim Wrote:  Try a right click on the album or group.

I was trying it on an iPad. I tried "long press" and "double tap" but these didn't do anything.

I don't have an i-anything so can't help with that type of control point, sorry.

[Ghieri]

(11-12-2014 11:41)simoncn Wrote:  Without opening any groups, you should be able to play the whole album (including any groups within it) or you should be able to play any complete individual group. The only reason you should need to open a group is to select and play individual tracks from within the group. If this isn't working as described, there might be a problem with the control point you're using. Which control point is it?

I have exactly the same problem with bubbleupnp as control point. Although the "play" button is visible, it will not play any album consisting of groups unless one group is opened. If the album contains groups and non-grouped tracks, only the non-grouped tracks are played, respectively added to the playlist.

[Pastim]

(11-12-2014 20:41)Ghieri Wrote:  

(11-12-2014 11:41)simoncn Wrote:  Without opening any groups, you should be able to play the whole album (including any groups within it) or you should be able to play any complete individual group. The only reason you should need to open a group is to select and play individual tracks from within the group. If this isn't working as described, there might be a problem with the control point you're using. Which control point is it?

I have exactly the same problem with bubbleupnp as control point. Although the "play" button is visible, it will not play any album consisting of groups unless one group is opened. If the album contains groups and non-grouped tracks, only the non-grouped tracks are played, respectively added to the playlist.

Strange. It works on my Android BubbleUPnP (latest version). I can play an Album, or a Group in it. There must either be some settings difference or a software version issue.

[Ghieri]

(11-12-2014 21:46)Pastim Wrote:  Strange. It works on my Android BubbleUPnP (latest version). I can play an Album, or a Group in it. There must either be some settings difference or a software version issue.

There are several ways to play an album in bubbleUPnP.
The way I am used to is entering the album (by short-pressing it) and then pressing the "play" button at the top, or pressing the first track within the album. As I described in my recent post, only non-grouped tracks will play then.
Now I found that there is a way an album consisting of groups will play well on my equipment: selecting the album (by long-pressing it) and then press the "play" button, which appears if one or more albums are selected.
I think this second way is rather long-winded and thus not very satisfying for me.

This behaviour is repeatable with various instances of minimserver (Synology NAS and Raspberry), on various renderers and with various brands of Android devices. I also tried a fresh install of minimserver with the default settings, and used fresh installs of the latest BubbleUPnP version on all Android devices as well.

Am I doing something wrong? Pastim, what is your way to play an album?