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Question on Incomplete Albums

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BryanC:
I would suggest that you simply create a new field for the 'fake' track #'s if that is an easier way for you to manage the songs. I think the best practice is to keep everything consistent in the default tags (track # and disc #) and use custom tags to go off the beaten path, so to say. You can alter the display rules in Theater View to sort by your custom numbering field. I don't use JRemote so I don't know if it can use custom fields.

Arindelle:

--- Quote from: BryanC on September 02, 2015, 12:02:27 pm ---I would suggest that you simply create a new field for the 'fake' track #'s if that is an easier way for you to manage the songs. I think the best practice is to keep everything consistent in the default tags (track # and disc #) and use custom tags to go off the beaten path, so to say. You can alter the display rules in Theater View to sort by your custom numbering field. I don't use JRemote so I don't know if it can use custom fields.

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I'd agree with you but until Theater View and JRemote have the ability to modify what you see in the player (playing now) frame, like in standard view, that won't work for me. Custom Tags (or even standard ones that aren't shown by default) can't be seen. (excpet on an info screen in Theater View or burrowing into the tag information via JRemote.

Hopefully when they make this possible, I'll just update the library form the file tags (or filename) nothing's lost, like you suggest Bryan. It would be a quick fix.

William-NM:
Good points, Arindelle. While my collection is more Rock/R&B oriented, it wouldn't bother me if the 'Disc#'  allowed multi-disc albums with continuous numbering (i.e. (disc 1 = 1-12), (disc 2 = 13-26), etc.) to be considered complete.

Most of my "browsing" views are limited to 'complete' albums (to keep singles from compilation albums from cluttering up the view), and I've run into this sequential numbering issue a few times. I've tried condensing them into one 'disc', but then the titles get too small to read, even on the big screen.

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