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Ha, yeah, I noticed something similar when I was testing the file
import. I prefix the track numbers for my multidisc albums with the
disc number, so track 101 for the first track on disc one, 205 for
the fifth on disc two, etc. Tellico interpreted the track numbers
literally as 1xx and 2xx, so helpfully inserted 100 empty tracks at
the beginning, and about 90 empty tracks between discs. Not exactly
what I intended. :-)<br>
<br>
And just to be clear, I know I've posted a few things recently about
various limitations with how Tellico handles CDs, but don't want to
sound ungrateful. Tellico's awesome and crazy flexible, just
hitting some cases that there just may be no universally good way to
tackle.<br>
<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Jared<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/18/21 8:55 AM, J. Allen Crider
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:59c0dd2a-4dd3-31d7-e94f-227a49075fa0@cridermcdowellfamily.com">I
just started using the import from audio files and I find it
useful because I have a lot of CDs that Tellico won't import from
the CD and now that I've discovered import from audio files, I
find it easier than entering all the information manually twice,
once to rip the disc and a second time to enter the disc in
Tellico. I also like the fact that if I have made changes to
titles, artist name(s), etc. before ripping, Tellico will use
those changes rather than what it finds in cddb.
<br>
<br>
I've used lots of different players over the years, and found that
some use the track numbers while others use the file names, and I
just got a new receiver with a USB port for my SUV, and I've
discovered it ignores both and plays files in the order in which
they were written to a USB drive. So the additional step I
normally use with multi-disc sets is using Kid3 to change the
track numbers and file names after ripping any disc other than the
first. However, if someone wants to get the extra track listing
in Tellico that I discovered yesterday, it is better not to change
the track number before importing to Tellico because Tellico will
insert blank tracks into the extra listings which is probably not
desirable.
<br>
<br>
Allen
<br>
<br>
On 10/18/21 7:21 AM, Bill Gee wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Very interesting! I use SoundKonverter
for all CD ripping. The inclusion of disc number and total
discs is part of the reason I use it. The other is that it can
run replay gain calculations at the end of a rip.
<br>
<br>
The main thing I do different from Allen is that I put each disc
of a multi-disc set in its own subdirectory. Otherwise mpd gets
confused about which tracks belong to which disc. It ignores
the disc and track number fields, playing the tracks in sequence
by their filename. I also do not import to Tellico from the
audio files. I import straight from the CD. Next time I add to
my collection, I will have to try Allen's workflow.
<br>
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========
<br>
Bill Gee
<br>
<br>
<br>
On Sunday, October 17, 2021 9:20:07 PM CDT J. Allen Crider
wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Quite by accident today, I discovered
something that might interest you.
<br>
For reasons I won't go into, I installed SoundKonverter and
used it to
<br>
rip several CDs, including a 2 disc set. It has two settings
that K3b
<br>
does not have, Disc no. ? of ?. If one of these is not 1, it
will add
<br>
"Disc Number", "Total Discs", and "Total Tracks" to the
attributes in
<br>
Tag 2. I suspect "Disc Number" is the critical attribute,
because I
<br>
made a mistake and forgot to chance the settings on the first
disc.
<br>
After ripping both discs to the same directory using the same
album
<br>
title, I used "Import Audio File Metadata..." to import the
album into
<br>
Tellico. Tellico created a second track list labelled "Tracks
(2)" for
<br>
the second album. This list showed up on a separate tab in
the album
<br>
editor and it showed up as a second list in the viewer. It
probably
<br>
wouldn't be very useful for information downloaded from
musicbrainz or
<br>
discogs, but it might help with albums that have been ripped
from CD.
<br>
<br>
Allen
<br>
<br>
On 10/17/21 3:29 PM, Jared wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">On 10/17/21 1:07 PM, Robby Stephenson
wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Since the basic lookup dialog
doesn't (yet) have a way to add a
<br>
complex query that includes separate fields like year or
artist, your
<br>
approach of creating a basic entry and then updating does
actually
<br>
execute a better search. Discogs can use artist, release,
and year
<br>
while Musicbrainz can use artist and release. Both of them
also can
<br>
lookup via barcode if you have a field with that
information.
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
One more search tip to share - for discogs, tellico let's
you search by
<br>
keyword. I've found that, if you have the physical disc or
case handy,
<br>
searching for the catalog number as the keyword usually
returns a good,
<br>
narrow selection of results. That's my current preferred
method so
<br>
far. Obviously that's not much help if you don't have the
discs handy,
<br>
but I'm also using this as an opportunity to review my discs
as well,
<br>
mark which may have gone missing or were stolen, etc.So,
taking a while,
<br>
but going to have a really good catalog at the end.
<br>
<br>
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