Post by simes_pepHi,
I wonder if I can get an answer within this thread.
I have an SB3 served by a LMS library running on ReadyNAS Duo - all
works fine including 24/48 files streamed wirelessly.
However to continue to support my Apple devices (a number of iPhones,
iPods, etc) I maintain files in a FLAC only directory and an Tunes
library. Some files are present in both FLAC and ALAC but not all (ACC
and mp3 are only present in the iTunes library).
Is there a way of telling LMS to only select the FLAC version if a
duplicate is present?
Currently for a number of Albums I get duplicate track listing within
the same album, so you just play the album you get each track played
twice (FLAC then ALAC version), which is quite annoying.
I want to continue giving the SB3 the FLAC version if present, given its
native support.
Thanks,
Simon.
Best to simply have separate libraries for itunes and SB. Here's what I
do. Although I don't use ALAC (I use only mp3 or aac for my ipods,
etc.) you can simply do the same thing with your ALAC files as I do with
the mp3/aac files below.
FLAC rips of albums are in:
x:\music\flac\artist\album\tracks......
songs that I have in only MP3 or AAC, I put here:
x:\music\mp3aacONLY\artist\album\tracks....
Songs that are mp3 COPIES of FLAC files (or in your case ALAC copies of
FLAC files), I put in:
x:\mp3copy\artist\album\tracks....
OK. now everything is in correct directory. I use dbpoweramp to do a
batch conversion of all my FLAC files to mp3 (you could do the same to
batch convert all FLAC files to ALAC). It copies over all the tags and
artwork automatically. And on these mp3 copies I add a field to the tag
called %contentgroup% (which shows up as the field GROUPING in itunes).
In this field I have the text "COPY FROM FLAC".
In Logitech Media Server, I tell LMS that my music library is located in
x:\music, so this picks up all FLAC files and all the files that I only
have in mp3/aac.
In itunes I tell it that my music library is
x:\music\mp3aacONLY\
So it automatically picks up those files. Then in itunes I select FILE
x:\mp3copy\
This adds all those mp3 copies to my itunes library.
So now my itunes library has all my mp3/aac only files AND all my mp3
copies from FLAC. And my mp3 copies from Flac can be identified by
sorting on the GROUPING field. So if I decide I want to make new
versions of my mp3 copies (maybe a lower bit rate) I simply find these
in itunes, sort on GROUPING, delete those files from library (and tell
it also from harddrive). Now those files are gone and I can recreate
all the FLAC mp3 copies and readd to library.
If I create a bunch of new mp3 copies from my FLAC files, I simply do
the FILE > ADD FOLDER TO LIBRARY step again, selecting the x:\mp3copy\
directory. It will scan the entire directory, but only add the new files
to your ITUNES. It won't double count the files that are already there.
All this sounds very complicated, but in reality it is quite simple
(even with some other steps I left out that I also do related to adding
replaygain values, modifying SOUNDCHECK values, etc.) And when done I
have a LMS library with lossless files to the extent possible and I
separately have an itunes library with all lossy files for use with my
iphone/ipod/ipad. And I don't have duplicates in either the LMS or
iTUNES libraries. And note that I do NOT select the "integrate with
ITUNES" option in LMS. As from an LMS/ITUNES point of view I am NOT
integrating the two.
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