Subsonic Forum

Hi,
I would like to have a filter for files that I don't want Subsonic to include in the index.

Reason:
I include dummy MP3s in my folder structure when I have tracks of albums but not all tracks.
These MP3s are only part of a second long, are tagged, serve only as placeholders and tell me what other missing tracks belong that special album.
But with a search for a special song I naturally don't want to list songs, that I don't have.

As the tracknames in theses MP3s would be something like "Track missing - Beatles - Help" it should be possible to set a filter on a string like "Track missing" to exclude these songs.

Another point is, that Subsonic should not count these files so that there is a correct number shown in Music Index count.

I would appreciate any hint too, if someone knows how to mod the code to achieve this behaviour.

I do not what OS you are using but why don't you give the dummies a file ext. that SS will not recognise?
e.g "Track missing - Beatles - Help.dummymp3"
If you want to show those files in SS you could put them in as video files in SS (Just don't try to play them )

BKKKPewsey wrote:I do not what OS you are using but why don't you give the dummies a file ext. that SS will not recognise?
e.g "Track missing - Beatles - Help.dummymp3"
If you want to show those files in SS you could put them in as video files in SS (Just don't try to play them )

If someone chooses to play a whole album it is necessary that these dummy files are played and don't confuse the player. Because they are less than a second long it's no problem to play them and they don't interrupt the playing-sequence for e relevant time.
I need real MP3s, because I want to tag them.