please add id3 handling ! pleaaaaaase

[mea]

Hey Devs !

I love your app, I really love it. But i'm not comfortable with /Artist/album name/ folder structure and really prefer to use my id3 tags instead of folder naming.
Would it be possible to add id3 handling to subsonic ? even if I have to configure a mysql db by myself and couple it with subsonic...I dont care...
but this is really a missing fucntion as I am not the only one who prefer to use file tags.
maybe could you just give the choice to the user to use folder structure OR id3 tagging (like in foobar for example -> you can show file structure or id3 sort, BUT foobar makes search on both of them)

This is my GREATEST wish and would make subsonic nearly perfect for me.

All best !

Mea

[Whitechaos]

Wheres the sense in that request?
Most ID3 Tags are not really correct - so I am very glad that Subsonic lists via directories.
Just spend some time to bring your folders in the right order and you're set. Makes everything easier for everyone.
As i know subsonic uses ID3 tags if there are some and no other informations.
Listing by ID3 tags would require a full db and this would make it very redundant..

[mea]

it's a question of tastes.
I think the choice should be given to the user to use a real db with id3 handling or not.
some people correctly tagged their files. and some people have way to much folders to even think about renaming them.

[Whitechaos]

I have also been tagging all my files for a long time... untill subsonic came and i have to say, that it's senseless to tag all the files seperately.
It costs a lot of time and creating your own db manually with folders is the best choice i think. I had to order about 15.000 separate albums but in the end you have many less work.