mpd/ncmpcpp and multiple formats of same album

tladuke · 2011-05-25 14:06:27

When for some reason I have the same album in different formats (flac, mp3) in my mpd library, when I look at the album in ncmpcpp it get 1 album, with each song listed twice

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1494916/junk/mpddupe.png
It makes it a pain to add the album to the playlist

I don't want to delete anything. Is there a setting somewhere in either app's config that can do anything about this? Otherwise I think I have to break my big music dir into a dir for each format and then... ah what a hassle

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Rasi · 2011-05-25 15:22:15

Since mpd is purely tag based: no

you can either retag your albums and make tiny variations (like different upper/lower case rules for album name) or resort in different directories.

teh · 2011-05-27 13:58:17

Hence the importance of arrange your music library in directories.

I have "FLAC" and "NON FLAC", then I just go to ncmpcpp, press "3", navigate through the dirs, press "space" and done.

tacticalbread · 2011-05-27 17:24:29

I just move all MP3 albums that I have also in FLAC into a folder called ~/mp3albumsihaveinflacbutdontwanttodeleteorhaveinmymusiclibrary :P

tladuke · 2011-06-01 00:16:28

That's what I ended up doing. Some stuff I have in v0 and v2. Oh well

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#1 2011-05-25 14:06:27

mpd/ncmpcpp and multiple formats of same album

#2 2011-05-25 15:22:15

Re: mpd/ncmpcpp and multiple formats of same album

#3 2011-05-27 13:58:17

Re: mpd/ncmpcpp and multiple formats of same album

#4 2011-05-27 17:24:29

Re: mpd/ncmpcpp and multiple formats of same album

#5 2011-06-01 00:16:28

Re: mpd/ncmpcpp and multiple formats of same album

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