Multiple CD albums (1 Viewer)

[ewiles]

I own many multi-disc albums. They are tagged with same album name but I use the discnumber field to tag which CD it is in the set. Single CD albums are stored as follows:
/genre/artist/album/

Multi-disc albums are stored as:
/genre/artist/album/number/

Currently when I browse by album I see a separate image for each CD in the set. I would like to see just one album icon for multi-disc sets and when I select it I would like to see the disc number. Does this make sense?

How do I go about doing this? How do you guys organize your multi-disc albums without seeing repeats in the album view?

Thanks,
Eric


MediaPortal Version: 0.2.2.0

 

[Phatteus]

You may want to try using the "share" view to browse your music... In this way you will browse your library by folder/files rather than ID3 tags, and thus see them listed as /genre/artist/album/number/

FWIW, I too have many multiple-disc albums, but I don't mind seeing them listed as two separate discs. If I want to hear the whole album, I just queue up both discs (just two extra clicks ofthe remote).

Another alternative would be to give both/all discs of an album the same album name, so all tracks would be listed under a single album title. At this point (0.2.2.0 SVN) there is a limitation where we cannot include "disc number" or "media set number" as part of the sort. (see https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=14530)

There's been some mention of a new music organizational system is coming to MP.... I am sure it will offer much more flexibility than the existing system. (Perhaps hwahrmann or someone "in the know" could shed a little light on the status of the new music db?)

See https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?p=92793