terrypin wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:57 am
Erwin Hanzl wrote: ↑Mon Apr 11, 2022 6:40 am
We are here in the MM4 forum.
Is it about MM5? Did I misunderstand something?
I don't believe so Erwin. I posted about MM4 in the MM4 forum. Maybe Ian mentioned MM5 only to make the point that any work I might do on Collections in MM4 could be used in MM5 if I switch to that version.
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There are various points puzzling me about Collections.
I'm assembling various large 'sets' of tracks (for later transfer to a micro-SD card). Collections seemed a possible tool to use. But am I right that they can only be defined via the
criteria? Not the reverse, by assembling tracks from wherever and then defining
that as say collection 'Set #3'? After all, if I delete an entry ("Library only") from a collection, the next time I run MM4 that track gets restored to the collection, consistent with its specfied criteria.
Therefore I think I will have to use the more intuitive method of working (selecting, tagging, sorting, etc) in MM4, and then just copy or move the chosen tracks to physical folders, like 'D:\Music\microSD-plans\Set#3\.
Hi Terry, correct about reference to MMW5.
Trying to understand your use case.
If your micro SD card in an Android device, then Playlists are another option to consider. I "sync" my SD Cards for Android devices exclusively with Playlists.
In my case I typically have top levels folder on the SD card for the type of media - Audiobooks / Music / Playlists / Podcasts etc.
Music is organised with an Artist sub-folder and then Album folders beneath this. For example:
\Music\The Jeff Healey Band\As the Years Go Passing By - Extraspat 1995
\Music\The Jeff Healey Band\As the Years Go Passing By - Ohne Filter 1989
\Music\The Jeff Healey Band\As the Years Go Passing By - Ohne Filter 2000
Then the "Set" Playlist can refer to multiple artists / albums:
Jeff Healey Band - As The Years Go Passing By 2013.m3u contain lines like:
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:280, The Jeff Healey Band - I'm Torn Down
..\Music\The Jeff Healey Band\As the Years Go Passing By\Ohne Filter 1989\I'm Torn Down.mp3
#EXTINF:203, The Jeff Healey Band - Confidence Man
..\Music\The Jeff Healey Band\As the Years Go Passing By\Ohne Filter 2000\Confidence Man.mp3
#EXTINF:514, The Jeff Healey Band - How Blue Can You Get
..\Music\The Jeff Healey Band\As the Years Go Passing By\Extraspat 1995\How Blue Can You Get.mp3
Also if a particular file is referred to from multiple Playlists, then it only has to be stored once on the SD card. For example, I create a Playlist for the month's downloads e.g. $$$April2022. Sometimes, I might have a "Collection" on display then right click send to a new Playlist. You can then leave the "Collection" alone but remove (or add) tracks to the Playlist, randomise the
Playlist etc.
Maybe some of this might be of interest for your use case?
You touched on the importance of tagging etc. Absolutely correct. MMW4 add-ons can be of great help e.g. Magic Nodes / RegExpReplace / Tagging Inconsistencies to name a few.