(2013-06-18, 08:08)Filly Wrote: Quote:The main focus of XBMC will probably always be movies and TV shows
So, as I repeated many times before, Music != Media in the eyes of the initiators of this software suite. IMHO, that's just ridiculous. A media system should handle all kinds of media.
I don't disagree with you that a media system should handle music - personally I think XBMC handles music just fine. All I was saying was that movies and tv shows will probably always be the main focus due to most users desires/needs.
Personally, for me music came first and my movie library came after, but I don't think that is necessarily the case with most users.
Quote: Quote:The way the library is currently structured doesn't support Singles/EPs, Vinyls, Podcasts and Livesets/Live recordings. You are limited to "albums".
Another example of documentation failing, so let's scatter knowledge around the forum: If you leave the Album Tag empty, it will be a Single/Recording/LiveSet, and show up under Artist View.
Again personally, I don't see the need to differentiate between singles/EP's/live recordings/bootlegs etc... to me they are all fine under albums - I'll know if it's live by the album title, how it sounds, or the fact I just know. Obviously it's a personal thing, but I wouldn't care if it was a single or an EP - normally I would navigate via genre and/or artist and then get a list of all audio media by the artist. You're not listening to a vinyl album, you might be listening to a digitized recording of a vinyl album, but it's still going to be an mp3, wma, flac etc... file, so why would you want to differentiate between the original sources?
Quote: Quote:Unfortunately, what is needed - with whatever system is used - is a degree of care and attention by the user to make sure their music files are properly tagged.
Over 90% of my files were perfectly tagged. Still it took me over 3 months and 2 database crashes to get the system to recognize _all files, weed out duplicates in the database, convert wma-files, convert wav-files, recognize artist, recognize _correct artist, etc, etc, etc. This argument no longer stands, maybe it works if you purely listen to mainstream music. The AudioDB is a cruel joke, BTW. The Universal Scraper is indeed a hit-and-miss affair, and then realize yourself it's basically the default.
Oh, and stay away from any autotagging in Mediamonkey, it will just add whatever shouldnt be there in the first place. I concur with Phool
Quote:as it stands at the moment, the Music Library side of XBMC needs a serious makeover.
Maybe a separate taskforce could be started to focus just on that.
Sorry to disagree with you, but if your files were perfectly tagged, then they would show just fine in XBMC. I wouldn't let any program - mediamonkey, WMP, XBMC etc... autotag my files, it's never going to be right or how I want it. As I previously said, that is why I took a few years to sort out my library. Take the time for them to look right in another program i.e. mediamonkey and they will look great in XBMC. All you then need the scrapers for is the artist bios, if you have some obscure artists then you can make up your own nfo files.
I disagree that the music library needs a serious makeover - there may well be ways it could be developed and improved, but overall, I think it's looking pretty good so far, it certainly has the wow factor when friends come round!!