seperate Flac stereo from flac multichannel..?

[doobre]

Hi there, just wonder if asset can list/display the above two kinds of flac files in two different lists.
I see there is a "contains" folder and a "details" folder, can one of these be used to show a difference in the album title if all my multichannel albums contain "DTS-CD" in the title, for example.
I am not really sure how to go about this..
ideas anyone.. thanks
cheers CD

[Spoon]

Re: seperate Flac stereo from flac multichannel..?

There is no current provision to separate the channel count when browsing.

[doobre]

Re: seperate Flac stereo from flac multichannel..?

Thanks for the quick responce Spoon, would the "contains" option in the browse tree be possible to detect a suffix to the filename or the album title.? such as "DTS".. or am I misunderstanding that function?
Thanks for any advice.
cheers CD

[Spoon]

Re: seperate Flac stereo from flac multichannel..?

It does not work like that, the best way is to (if you have dBpoweramp):

Install utility codec 'ID Tag Update'

Batch Converter >> select whole music library >> list, then sort on channel count, select the 2 channel items (click at top and hold shift and click at bottom), then click check mark to uncheck. Now you have a list of just > 2 channel tracks, click Convert on the list page, choose the encoder as 'ID Tag Update' and set to add a new ID Tag, call it 'Multichannel' with a value of '1', do the 'Conversion' which will add that tag.

Then add this new tag to asset database and browse tree, and rescan all:

https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?18968-Adding-Custom-ID-Tags-to-Asset

[doobre]

Re: seperate Flac stereo from flac multichannel..?

That's a great idea, thanks. I have been a dBpamp user for many years, I'll give it a go.. thanks again
cheers CD

[mville]

Re: seperate Flac stereo from flac multichannel..?

Yes, the method suggested by Spoon works. I use it to separate my library in a single Asset instance.

In ALL my music files I have created a custom tag named library.

The library tag is then populated with the following values, based on filetype, resolution and no. of channels:
flac (for 2ch, 16-bit, 44.1kHz flacs)
hi-res (for 2ch, non 16-bit, 44.1kHz flacs)
hi-res 5.1 (for 6ch, non 16-bit, 44.1kHz flacs)
mp3, AC-3 and DTS

For more information, see this thread: Multiple Libraries