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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 18 for Windows => Topic started by: DoubtingThomas on January 04, 2013, 08:17:01 pm
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What is the full criteria for a smartlist with "Complete Album is FALSE"?
I have one album... flac ... that has been showing up in the list for about a month now.
All tracks are consecutive 1, 2 and 3
All tracks have the same Artist and Album string.
"Album Artist" is empty.
All tracks are in the same folder.
Media Type is "Audio"
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Does the total track time amount to > 10 minutes?
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The total track time for the 3 tracks is 12:51. I have many other similar albums that are not on the list (1 - 3 tracks), and some are less than 10 minutes and are not on the list.
I must have something tagged wrong.. but I can't see it.
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If you select the album, and then export as a CSV playlist, including only the selected album, and post it here, I'll drop a second pair of eyes on it. Be sure to include ALL tracks with the same Album name.
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If you select the album, and then export as a CSV playlist, including only the selected album, and post it here, I'll drop a second pair of eyes on it. Be sure to include ALL tracks with the same Album name.
THANKS... I'm gonna learn something !!!
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/75405336/Incomplete%20Albums.csv
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Sorry, can you include ALL fields (not just the fields in the view)? It is a setting in the export dialog.
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Sorry, can you include ALL fields (not just the fields in the view)? It is a setting in the export dialog.
Sorry... of course that would help... please try again.. same link.
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Ok, its as I expected, but the behavior is peculiar, probably having something to do with when MC calculates the [Album Type] and [Complete Album] fields.
It is related to the [Disc #] field.
When [Disc #] is the same for all the tracks, MC will use the criteria you've noted.
When there is a gap between the [Disc #] field for the tracks, MC appears to be using a slightly different criteria.
It is not sufficient to just delete the [Disc #] values, or set them all the same, as MC won't re-calculate the [Album Type] / [Complete Album] fields, so the album will remain incomplete. However, you can force the matter by changing any tracks album name temporarily, and then changing it back. MC will then shortly thereafter recalculate [Album Type] and [Complete Album].
@Matt - since [Album Type] and [Complete Album] rely on the fields [Album], [Track #], [Disc #], [Filename (path)], and [Duration], perhaps those two calculated fields should be re-evaluated and updated whenever any of those field's values change.
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Thank You MrC.
I would never have figured that one out by myself, even if I'd seen the Disc # mismatch.
Years ago I created a field called "Volume" to use as the disc number, I have no memory of why I did that instead of using the Disc # field.
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Thanks to MrC here.
It's normal that if the disc numbers are different, the tracks will be considered different albums by the album evaluator. One thing to consider is that a blank disc number is the same as "1" (so a 1 implied).
My understanding from MrC's description is that the bug is that changing the disc # doesn't get the album analyzer to reevaulate until you restart the program. I'll look into this.
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Matt, could you please also see if Mr. Album Evaluator could ignore files in an album where Track# is null or 0. (If I, for correct album art display purposes, add a very short file with Track# 0, the otherwise complete album gets marked as incomplete, so I think Mr. Album Evaluator is a bit overzealous in this respect.)
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I just posted something about Album Artist (Auto) - this tag doesn't seem to update when changes are made after initally imported..... Can this be part of the album evaluator?
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Next build:
Fixed: When changing a disc number, the program would not refresh the album analyzer fields like 'Complete Album'.
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Wiki updated to describe the requirements for Complete-ness:
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Multiple_Artist_Albums#Complete_Albums (http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Multiple_Artist_Albums#Complete_Albums)