Can I run multiple parallel sessions of Asset on my Mac?

[uncl_nigel]

I have been happily using Asset (the free version) to play my pop rock and folk music for a couple of months.

I am now experimenting with classical music which I want to access via "composer" and have come across a problem. When i look for "Bach" for instance under "composer" the poor guy is buried in a mass of song writers from the pop rock and folk albums - info I did not even know I had...

The easy solution would appear to be to run two separate sessions of Asset on my Mac - one pointed at the folder containing the pop etc and the other pointed at the folder holding the HiRes classical downloads. Is this possible? My first try was not a success - I got two sessions running but when I changed the folder for music in the Config panel it changed the source for both sessions...

I just do not see how to quickly re-edit all the composer tags out of the pop etc... which would appear to be the other solution.

[Spoon]

Re: Can I run multiple parallel sessions of Asset on my Mac?

This is what you need:

https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?39883-Asset-R6-beta-Mac-Linux

It can run multiple assets, you define them as new 'collections' on the configuration page.

[uncl_nigel]

Re: Can I run multiple parallel sessions of Asset on my Mac?

Thanks, the "beta" is up and running.
Setting up two "instances" was a doddle.

Two little remarks:

- the software seems to stop functioning when the Mac goes into screen save mode
- for some inexplicable reason the letters w through z are on different colored squares to the rest when I list artists in one "instance" :-)

[uncl_nigel]

Re: Can I run multiple parallel sessions of Asset on my Mac?

Asset works during screen saver mode if I tick the "prevent system sleep" button on the config page - this does not prevent the screen saver mode from working.

The sort by composer seems to be what I was looking for to navigate classical music (much better than another upnp software I tried and will now remove).