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Feature Request: Better Support for Classical Music
Dennis in FL:
Let's say they cataloged books the same way.
You search for "The Lost World" and you get Chapter 6 by Doyle and Chapter 3 by Michael Crighton and maybe the middle of a Blu Ray movie by the same name. And a few newspaper reviews.
Why would you want that? That's what I get when I search for Beethoven's 5th with the Vienna Symphony.
Check out the first post in this thread by Wer. You don't want to start with the middle movement of the 5th. But, you may want to play "Billy Jean" from the Thriller album without starting at the beginning.
I'd rather they combined the three movements into one composition instead of treating them as indipendent tracks. Sort of like when you view a symphony on You Tube....it's all together. Or better yet, a checkbox in SETTINGS to toggle the work with the movements combined or seperate.
EnglishTiger:
--- Quote from: Dennis in FL on May 26, 2021, 05:12:12 am ---
I'd rather they combined the three movements into one composition instead of treating them as indipendent tracks. Sort of like when you view a symphony on You Tube....it's all together. Or better yet, a checkbox in SETTINGS to toggle the work with the movements combined or seperate.
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MC already provides the ability to play the Movements from Beethoven's 5th Symphony, or any other Multi-Movement Composition, as one "Composition" or as independent tracks. If you "Link" the tracks/movements that make up a composition/work when adding any one of those tracks to a playlist, smartlist or playing now MC will add the "Composition" (all the linked tracks) and not just the selected track/movement. If the tracks are "Not Linked" then it will only add the selected track/movement to the playlist/playing now.
This thread and wer's How to Automatically Parse Composition and Movement info in Classical Music thread https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,128884.0.html provide is an easier way to identify and keep the tracks for a single "Composition" together thus making it easier to either Link those Tracks or Remove/Break the Link between them.
Dennis in FL:
Exactly what I do in MC for classical. I posted a pic above (first one)
EnglishTiger:
Because you had linked the movements for Violin Concerto #1 just like primephonic, and Roon MC plays it as a Composition but displays it as Individual Tracks
Which means that MC is able to tell you something about that Composition that neither primephonic or Roon can - which of the movements you are currently listening to.
timwtheov:
@EnglishTiger
I just demoed Roon 1.8 recently, and you certainly can tell what movement you're on, as they're basically using tracks per movement as well. I believe it's highlighted when playing, if I recall rightly.
@Dennis in FL
While it would be nice to make [Composition] a relational field, as per Wer's original request/suggestion, you can basically get what you want if you tag well and make particular view schemes based on those tags. For example, in the image below, the way I've organized the view, I basically get the album divided into compositions, though obviously I tag [Name] as
composition: movement number. movement name
but this could be easily changed to
movement number. movement name
as it is in Roon, et al. You just have to tag consistently. And yes, you can link tracks together too, though if you set up your views well, I don't really see the need outside of certain playlist situations. Just a thought . . . .
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