Playlist2 - *EXTINF info

[RLANE]

I construct playlists with information on the *EXTINF line to show more than just the title tag.
An example is below.

************************************************** ***************************************
*EXTINF:305,Bach , JS - BWV0995 - Suite in G minor - I. Prelude
N:\Classical\Bach , JS\Instrumental\Lute\BWV0995 - Suite in G minor\Kirchhof - 1990\FLAC\01 - I. Prelude.flac
************************************************** ***************************************

Every controller I use only shows the title tag (the title does not have the "01 - " part of the file name in the above example).

Is this a function of the controller/renderer, or Asset not delivering the *EXTINF data?

[Spoon]

Re: Playlist2 - *EXTINF info

Not if the track is index by asset, if it is then Asset fills the complete metadata from the actual file.

[RLANE]

Re: Playlist2 - *EXTINF info

Got a little insight last night.
While Asset was rescanning the library (was past the "Counting Audio Tracks" stage and was at the stage where it scans the actual tracks) I copied some new playlists to the folder where they are stored for Asset.
Folders are as follows:

N:\Classical\ - Audio tracks
N:\Playlists\FLAC\ - FLAC Playlists
N:\Playlists\MPS\ - MP3 Playlists

Asset is configured to scan the first folder for audio tracks and the other two for playlists.

One question : When a Playlist container is added to the browsing structure, should the box to show/list audio tracks be checked or unchecked?

I opened a client and the new playlists were immediately visible, and all of them showed up with the EXTINF as desired (Composer - Composition - Artist - Year - Title). The rescan continued past my bed time. When I arose and checked it out, all of the new playlists had lost the EXTINF data and only the track title shows up on clients when the new playlists are accessed by a client.
Why does Asset at some point replace the ETXINF part of the Playlist file with the track title?

[Spoon]

Re: Playlist2 - *EXTINF info

> should the box to show/list audio tracks be checked or unchecked?

Makes no difference

It is replaced because Asset has full metadata for the file, rather than a single title line.