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<blockquote data-quote="emphatic" data-source="post: 518236" data-attributes="member: 24365">Did you read my suggestion about using ID3 tags first (main data-&gt;internet lookup comparison source) and then move on to file/folder names for a second, &quot;deep search&quot; (this should give more hits than just ignoring the tag-less files, right?)?It's better to be ignorant than to be arrogant, as the former can be remedied with education. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> But in this case, perhaps the latter can be helped by thoroughly reading the suggestions, however stupid they may appear at first.Yes, I'm aware of the playlists, but I just failed to mention that as a possible solution.Great!&quot;Stupid&quot; is a very relative term and should not be used so generally. It offends more than it help you make a point. Although it's lacking compared to ID3 tags, it could complete the picture when all else fails. Just make sure that the importer's filters are &quot;not stupid&quot;. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> If you've tried the Moving Pictures importer, you'll see how incredibly smart it is by just handling file names.When the importer comes across something that it just can't single out, it'll ask you, just like MP TV-Series does. It should also ask you when multiple hits are found on artists. But of course, a more complex search could also look at album titles to narrow this down.DJ Fast Eddie (Electronic/House)Fast Eddie (Blues)Also, I suggested earlier (in case you didn't read that in full) to display &quot;pretty names&quot;, so that band thumbs for AC/DC can be saved using a compatible name &quot;ac-dc-fanart_01.jp&quot; while being displayed as AC/DC in the GUI. Also, the plugin can &quot;learn&quot; what to expect when you add more AC/DC albums, so only the first where the folder/files are named AC-DC will pop up a prompt for the user.EmphSo, I spent a couple of hours now &quot;fixing&quot; my ID3-tags (TagRunner) and then rescanned everything in MediaPortal's configuration.When I chose Artists view from the database in MediaPortal, I got a couple of items looking like this:Kool &amp; The GangKool &amp; the GangKool And The GangKool And the GangCleary, ID3-tagging is far from perfect, as the human error is built in here as well. I'd like to have these automatically grouped as Kool &amp; The Gang (since the data downloaded from the Internet clearly had differences). As the plugin will ask you upon import if &quot;Kool And the Gang&quot; should be presented as &quot;Kool &amp; The Gang&quot;, this won't be a problem.Also, &quot;branching&quot; would be a nice feature. Say one of your artists has made collaborations with others, then this could be treated the same way MP TV-Series handles &quot;Specials&quot;. And the &quot;branching&quot; would be customizable, so that you can easily find them without having to use the global search. Say you're browsing &quot;Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds&quot; and you will find a button called &quot;Featuring...&quot; or &quot;with...&quot; and when you click that, you'll get &quot;Nick Cave with Kylie Minogue&quot;. And when you're browsing &quot;Kylie Minogue&quot;, you'll get the same set of buttons (should the branching albums be in your database).Emph</blockquote>

[QUOTE="emphatic, post: 518236, member: 24365"] Did you read my suggestion about using ID3 tags first (main data->internet lookup comparison source) and then move on to file/folder names for a second, "deep search" (this should give more hits than just ignoring the tag-less files, right?)? It's better to be ignorant than to be arrogant, as the former can be remedied with education. :P But in this case, perhaps the latter can be helped by thoroughly reading the suggestions, however stupid they may appear at first. Yes, I'm aware of the playlists, but I just failed to mention that as a possible solution. Great! "Stupid" is a very relative term and should not be used so generally. It offends more than it help you make a point. Although it's lacking compared to ID3 tags, it could complete the picture when all else fails. Just make sure that the importer's filters are "not stupid". :P If you've tried the Moving Pictures importer, you'll see how incredibly smart it is by just handling file names. When the importer comes across something that it just can't single out, it'll ask you, just like MP TV-Series does. It should also ask you when multiple hits are found on artists. But of course, a more complex search could also look at album titles to narrow this down. DJ Fast Eddie (Electronic/House) Fast Eddie (Blues) Also, I suggested earlier (in case you didn't read that in full) to display "pretty names", so that band thumbs for AC/DC can be saved using a compatible name "ac-dc-fanart_01.jp" while being displayed as AC/DC in the GUI. Also, the plugin can "learn" what to expect when you add more AC/DC albums, so only the first where the folder/files are named AC-DC will pop up a prompt for the user. Emph So, I spent a couple of hours now "fixing" my ID3-tags (TagRunner) and then rescanned everything in MediaPortal's configuration. When I chose Artists view from the database in MediaPortal, I got a couple of items looking like this: Kool & The Gang Kool & the Gang Kool And The Gang Kool And the Gang Cleary, [B]ID3-tagging is far from perfect[/B], as the human error is built in here as well. I'd like to have these automatically grouped as Kool & The Gang (since the data downloaded from the Internet clearly had differences). As the plugin will ask you upon import if "Kool And the Gang" should be presented as "Kool & The Gang", this won't be a problem. Also, "branching" would be a nice feature. Say one of your artists has made collaborations with others, then this could be treated the same way MP TV-Series handles "Specials". And the "branching" would be customizable, so that you can easily find them without having to use the global search. Say you're browsing "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds" and you will find a button called "Featuring..." or "with..." and when you click that, you'll get "Nick Cave with Kylie Minogue". And when you're browsing "Kylie Minogue", you'll get the same set of buttons (should the branching albums be in your database). Emph [/QUOTE]

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