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PictureFlow same album name?
Avalon:
I have been using the hotkey approach to toggle between Pictureflow and wps and found it to be a great solution. Thks for the feature!
I would like to make a further point on the Picturefow album/artist discussion.
Since artists do not reuse the same album name, Pictureflow sorting by artist/album would separate the albums with the same names such as "Best Of" "Greatest Hits" "Essential" etc. I usually think of an artist I would like to hear and then select from his/her albums. To have them grouped by artist in Pictureflow would be a logical approach (at least for me).
If the artist/album sort order is used and the ability to display artist and album info in Pictureflow is provided, Pictureflow would be greatly improved. This would provide everything I need.
This display change could be as simple as just using the same setting menu in Pictureflow to display artist/album info on 2 lines rather then the single line display of album. The same "Show album title" function could be used to "Show artist album" with the same submenu "Hide" "Bottom" and "Top" selections.
I understand that some do not wish this. To allow user preference functionality, the submenu could be expanded to include "Hide" "Hide artist" "Hide album" "Bottom" "Top". I haven't coded in RockBox, but this may be a case of duplicating existing code with minor mods.
I use a Fuze and there is ample display space top and bottom for this change.
Thks again!
pondlife:
When determining what comprises an album, the database/Pictureflow/whatever ought always to consider both Album Artist and Album Name. This is only when grouping/sorting, not necessarily for display.
This would then give you two albums, both named "3".
For the database, this might be possible by correct use of tagnavi.config, but I'm no expert there.
Pictureflow ought (ultimately) to be based on tagnavi.config strings too (if it isn't already).
Displaying the Album Artist in Pictureflow would be a seperate issue (but less important, I'd think).
pondlife
GooD Ol TarviS:
That's how the iPod worked. It sorted by Sort Artist (special tag, could use Album Artist instead) and then displayed the artist and album art of the first track in the album.
soap:
--- Quote from: Avalon on June 18, 2010, 06:38:28 AM ---Since artists do not reuse the same album name, Pictureflow sorting by artist/album would separate the albums with the same names such as "Best Of" "Greatest Hits" "Essential" etc.
--- End quote ---
(Late to the discussion...)
But they do.
As I mentioned before, it is not uncommon for an artist to release multiple eponymous albums.
Avalon:
My main point here is that many people think of an artist and then the album. It would seem to be logical to sort albums by artist and then by album title. That way all albums by the same artist would be grouped together.
If PictureFlow did this and displayed the artist name and album title, the display would be much more meaningful (to me). If that was done, it wouldn't make much difference if two albums had the same title since the album art would undoubtedly differentiate the two. At least they could be easily found and displayed concurrently so that the desired album could be selected.
I have a lot of albums on my Fuze V1 (24GB). The way PictureFlow sorts now has an artist's albums scattered all over the list. If you do not know the albums well, it is difficult to find them. Also, you have to remember the album titles by an artist in order to choose one to play. If sorted by artist/title you need only go to the artist and you have a grouping of albums to choose from. I find this a much easier approach and would use PictureFlow more if it did this.
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