Music Genre - covers

[xefil]

Hello!

I'm testing this MOD and I like it a lot! One of the best features is the ID3 structure browsing, not more dependent on the folder structure! So I can put all my single files into one folder!

I've some questions:

1. When I use the Genre Cloud the playlist reflects the genre choosen. But how can I see which genre is applied on a track? If I select a single track I cannot see this information. Even if i edit the tag, the genre is empty.

2. Is the genre taken from Last.FM or from the id3tag?

3. Sometimes it happens the artist has no LastFM information. Maybe it was not found, maybe for a mis-spelling or mistrake on the name. It's possible to force a manual search clicking on an artist?

Thank's!

Simon

[hakko]

1. The genre cloud is based on artists. When choosing songs for a genre playlist, popular songs by popular artists with a high genre score are favored. Single songs get individual genres.

2. The genres are taken from Last.fm (what users there has tagged artists as). Id3 tags are read by the media scanner and stored in the database, but currently not used in the genre radio.

3. Last.fm information is supplied by it's users. If the artist name is correct and biography is missing, the best thing would be to submit a biography to last.fm. You can also edit the biography that's stored locally on your computer with the "Edit" button. There's no search link, you'd have to copy+paste the artist name if you're unsure of what artist it actually is.

[xefil]

1. The genre cloud is based on artists. When choosing songs for a genre playlist, popular songs by popular artists with a high genre score are favored. Single songs get individual genres.

Ok, But there is a way to check out which genre is applied on an artist?

2. The genres are taken from Last.fm (what users there has tagged artists as). Id3 tags are read by the media scanner and stored in the database, but currently not used in the genre radio.

Ok, thank's!

3. Last.fm information is supplied by it's users. If the artist name is correct and biography is missing, the best thing would be to submit a biography to last.fm. You can also edit the biography that's stored locally on your computer with the "Edit" button. There's no search link, you'd have to copy+paste the artist name if you're unsure of what artist it actually is.

Is there a way to check out which artists are recognized by LastFM and which not? This could help to check the names (if there are errors) or submit biography in case it's missing on LastFM. I could make an SQL query as well in case

Again, thank's for all the help!

Simon

[hakko]

Ok, But there is a way to check out which genre is applied on an artist?

Nope, but viewtopic.php?f=11&t=10476
Obviously you could also get it from the database.

Is there a way to check out which artists are recognized by LastFM and which not? This could help to check the names (if there are errors) or submit biography in case it's missing on LastFM. I could make an SQL query as well in case

I think the database would be your best friend for that too.

Try either artists in your library who lack info, or artists who've been quarantined from getting info for a while:

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select artist_name from music.artist ma
where not exists (select 1 from music.artistinfo where artist_id = ma.id) and exists (select 1 from library.artist where artist_id = ma.id);

select artist_name from music.artist ma
where exists (select 1 from library.webservice_history where calltype_id = 5 and artist_id = ma.id and invocation_time > now());


Many of these will come from artist tags like "Artist A feat B and C" though.

[xefil]

Great, I'll check these queries asap. Maybe I could implement something in the code, but have to take a look on it first. Couldn't promise nothing; is not exactly my work and my skills It depends on the language.

Bye for now, maybe other questions were come

Simon