[SlimDevices: Beginners] Best tag settings for Duet (MP3tag)

[slimpy]

TheLastMan;283346 Wrote: 
> First of all, does the Duet handset display the folder hierarchy or does
> it use the metadata tags?
> 
It does both. You can browse by artist, album, genre, year (metadata)
or folder hierarchy.
TheLastMan;283346 Wrote: 
> I have created a music folder with the hierarchy:
> \music\<genre>\<artist(composer if classical)>\<album>\(and then the
> track name)
> 
> I am doing DIY Genre folder names which I am keeping very simple and
> broad (for ease of browsing).  All pop and rock is listed under "pop
> and rock".  Classical is either "Opera", "Choral", or "Orchestral". 
> The others are "Jazz", "dance and R&B" and "folk and Country".
> 
> Will the duet handset recognise these genre folder names and allow me
> to select by them?  
Browsing by folder hierarchy is the same as browsing with any file
manager on your PC.
TheLastMan;283346 Wrote: 
> They are duplicated in the tags as well. I have over-written the CDDB
> ones like "modern psychedelic jazz" or "new-wave punk dance fusion" (or
> whatever) which are far from useful and far too precise.  Out of the 20
> pop albums I have currently ripped I don't think any two appeared in
> the same genre!
Squeezecenter will pick up any value you've used in your tags.
TheLastMan;283346 Wrote: 
> The track name is generally "<track No.> - <artist> - <album> -
> <title>.flac"
> except for classical where it is "<track No.> - <composer> - <album> -
> <track> - <artist>.flac"
> 
> Will the duet be confused by using a different scheme for classical and
> other types?  Is my usual track name sufficient?  
File names are only important when browsing by folder hierarchy or if
the tags are missing.
If you browse by metadata file names are irrelevant.
TheLastMan;283346 Wrote: 
> Album art.  I am picking up the album art from Amazon (usually 300x300
> pixels) and dropping it into each album folder with the name
> "cover.jpg".  Is this sufficient?
Yes, that's sufficient.
TheLastMan;283346 Wrote: 
> Is it better to embed the album art into every track? (I may want to
> convert some tracks to MP3 for an Ipod at some point).
If you have a tool that also copies cover art when transcoding this
might be a plus. Personally, I store cover art both embedded in the
files and as cover.jpg in the album folder.
TheLastMan;283346 Wrote: 
> Does the duet display screen re-scale the art to fit the screen size, or
> should I re-size it to a particular size / resolution?
The artwork scan resizes/resamples images to the preferred size used by
the controller. There's no need to do it yourself.

-s.


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