how to cope with duplicate albums of different resolutions

[docbot]

Hi,
I have two folders, one with high res albums and one with standard. I know I can select "bits" to choose between the two in asset. That's great but I often want to browse all albums together. Unfortunately if I have both a high res and standard res version of the same album it appears as a single album but with duplicate tracks. Is there anyway I can show these as separate albums without renaming one of the album titles?

Thanks

Mark

[Spoon]

Re: how to cope with duplicate albums of different resolutions

Perhaps get rid of the duplicate albums, try PerfectTUNES if on Windows, it has the de-dup component.

[mville]

Re: how to cope with duplicate albums of different resolutions

If you want to keep both the standard CD album and the Hi-Res album and view them as separate albums, you will have to give them different album names e.g. Abbey Road (2009 Stereo Remaster) and Abbey Road (2009 24-bit Stereo Remaster).

[docbot]

Re: how to cope with duplicate albums of different resolutions

If you want to keep both the standard CD album and the Hi-Res album and view them as separate albums, you will have to give them different album names e.g. Abbey Road (2009 Stereo Remaster) and Abbey Road (2009 24-bit Stereo Remaster).

Yes, I thought that was maybe what I had to do but was hoping there may be an alternative. Never mind :-)

Thank you

[mville]

Re: how to cope with duplicate albums of different resolutions

Yes, I thought that was maybe what I had to do but was hoping there may be an alternative.

Sadly, most library browsers only use the Album tag to determine different albums. If they were very clever they could split the albums further based on file format or sample rate or bit resolution etc., which, although would be useful, is very unlikely and a little problematic.