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[221bBS]

Lets say i have the song Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chillie Peppers In 5 different albums resulting in 5 files and 5 entries in MC. I want to delete 4 of the files from my HD but keep the entries in MC and have it play the 1 file left everytime I play any of the 5 entries...is this possible?

[modelmaker]

wuff wuff

[KingSparta]

my dog don't care, she just took a bath

[interbeat]

It sort of is possible, in a rather un-elegant way. Read this http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=27577.0 from reply #11 onwards for more info.

Ed.

[EpF]

but everyone and his dog wants it to be

Yeah, it would be great if you could specify Artists and Albums as 'containers', with their own properties, then just assign tracks to them...  That would mean that Artist and Album ratings could be applied automatically.  The same could be done for things like record labels.  You could 'pre-collect' stuff too!  Define an album that you don't have but is part of a set you partially own.  That might be really handy for hardcore collectors... (I'm only a mild one!)

 

[Sauzee]

Lets say i have the song Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chillie Peppers In 5 different albums resulting in 5 files and 5 entries in MC. I want to delete 4 of the files from my HD but keep the entries in MC and have it play the 1 file left everytime I play any of the 5 entries...is this possible?

I'd love this feature too!

[GHammer]

I do this with APL files.
I have several 'Greatest Hits' and also the individual albums of artists.
I rip to APE and CUE using EAC.
I keep all my APE & CUE files in a seperate directory.
So, I edit the CUE file and put the full path to the APE instead of just the file name.
I use foobar to create APL files from that CUE. Why? Because it will write an APL with the full path. Nothing else I know of will do so.
I move the APL files to the artist/album directory they need to be in and tag.
I copy the CUE file to another name, edit it for album title, open it in foobar and create APL files for the second album.
Move those to the proper artist/album location, tag, etc.

Import into MC.
Play.

Yeah, PITA. But it works and I only have to have a few extra APLs around instead of complete rips. Depends on your chosen format, how many albums have duplicate tracks, etc. if it is useful to do this.

And, I just like to be able to do it...

I'd agree that a 'phantom/virtual' album would be a cool thing.

MuzicMan has this ability, but only plays MP3s, library isn't tthe best, etc.
But if MC picked up this one feature it has, it would be slick.

The example shows four tracks (01, 01 - 01, 01 - 02 and 01 - 03) for what is actually only a single track (and single MP3 file on the disk). Tracks 01 - 01 through 01 - 03 are actually only database entries with different start and end points.