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[mike11]

Hi - I was recommended Jaangle to replace the mangled code they call WMP... And its works just great. THANKS

is there a link where I can find basic operating instructions on using Jaangle?

i.e.: How do I alter tags? How do I delete tracks? how do I add new music (refresh database)? How do I remove deleted tracks? How do I add/remove album art? etc
.. and how do I show artists and their albums in alphabetical?

Thanks

[Arnulf]

Hi Mike,
welcome to Jaangle!

There is a wiki available:
http://wiki.jaangle.com/

Maybe you will find here some basic help.

You can change tags by right-clicking at the song and choosing "properties"
http://wiki.jaangle.com/index.php?title ... ntext_menu)

have fun with Jaangle :)

[DSperber]

For true convenience in maintaining tags, I recommend a highly regarded program named MP3Tag.

http://www.mp3tag.de/en/

[DSperber]

[DSperber]

[mike11]

Thanks for the responses, they've been a great help and I've kinda fudged my way through as best I can, though haven't really resolved much yet. But downloaded the tag editor which works great.

Can I pose another question? Regarding the 'general arrangement'. There doesn't seem to be a great deal of choice, if I uncheck the year, or number of tracks, nothing happens.

If I check 'Album and artist' Thats what I want - without ANY other info. BUT instead I get every conceivable contributor to any album or track: This ISN'T the 'album artist', its ANY artist, so I get a long list of artists I've never heard of, and each track listed as a separate album WHY? Whats the point? Is there any way of eliminating them without individual tag editing of around 7000 tracks?

EG I don't want to sift through 45 artists with one track each on a compilation album, and with a database of over 500 albums you can imagine how long that list of artists is.

For every additional artist, it creates a separate 'album' which is just one track, so my 500 albums becomes 700 from individual tracks on compilation albums - this just makes for hard work when I'm just looking for an album to play

In WMP (which we know is hopeless - although they seem to have the right display options) it shows the just the artist, not who's doing a duet. Compilations appear as 'various' because there is not one artist - and this avoids any confusion, and a pointless list of minor contributors added to the main artists and albums. Why can't jaangle do this? And besides who ever wanted a separate listing or album entry for a minor artist on an obscure track anyway?

I'm looking simply for a list of artists and when I click the artist, their albums appear. Thats it.

Just one other query - I have tried every possible configuration in the general view, but why won't Jaangle show artists in alphabetical with cover art only? That's the simplest combination and the only one I want - or is there something I am not doing right? Unchecking boxes doesn't seem to change anything so far

Any help greatly appreciated Thanks

[DSperber]