2010-08-24, 04:03
giftie Wrote:Paco, does XBMC pick up how you have your music named? The script uses the Music database to retrieve file path names. Usually if XBMC finds it and stores it in the Music Library, the script should be able to compare it to those on XBMCSTUFF.com.
Can you give me some examples of you music naming for me to look at what might need to be done.
Thanks..
My library is 100% complete. I have spent hours making it just right. I use Last.fm, Wikipedia and original albums for resolving naming issues. In fact, I spend way too much time on my library. Heck, I even create NFO's for obscure albums and artists!
The Beatles only retrieved Past Masters even though I have every album correctly tagged. When I browsed XBMCStuff, I noticed all the Beatles albums were there but they all are named 'Revolver (2009 Stereo Remaster)', 'Rubber Soul (2009 Stereo Remaster)', etc... My albums are named 'Revolver', 'Rubber Soul', etc...
The Offspring Greatest Hits failed because it is posted as 'Greatest Hits (2005)' instead of 'Greatest Hits'.
Queen suffers from the same issue: '1986 A kind of magic', 'A Day At The Races (1976)', 'The Game (1980)'.
I don't know why the original posters are including the year in the album name unless there are multiple versions. Maybe the website should allow for some extra search/submission fields (year, release type, etc...).
There are few typos as well (Dream Theater is spelled Dream Theatre). Some others I can't remember right now.
Elton John is posted as 'The Greatest Hits 1970-2002 CD 1' & 'The Greatest Hits 1970-2002 CD 2'. My album is tagged 'Greatest Hits 1970-2002' (which according to the cover is the proper name). I use the ID3 field Discnumber to handle the two discs of the album. Multi-CD albums are a problem for people like me that don't tag albums (CD1, CD2) in the album name. I don't believe the disc number should be part of the Album name - it makes a double-disc release look like 2 separate albums.