Alexa - prefer closer match (on play song by artist)

[ginjaninja 537]

its great that you can spell out difficult titles B R O S. Emby returned a set of songs which i could next through and the 'correct' track was 2nd  but i think bros by wolf alice should have been considered the closer match.

or to put it another way.. 

if an exact match on song title isnt found then an exact match on artist should be preferred. (or at least carry a weight)

 

Edited December 30, 2023 by ginjaninja

[Luke 37099]

Hi, ultimately this funnels into the same search methods as the search UI in the web app. What do you get when entering these things there?

[ginjaninja 537]

14 minutes ago, Luke said:

Hi, ultimately this funnels into the same search methods as the search UI in the web app. What do you get when entering these things there?

it seems it does. The skill supports "song by Artist" so perhaps this request pertains to emby search then (which doesnt currently support search "song by artist" in webui)..

either way, with such a limited ui in Alexa...media selection needs to be [more] bulletproof to be useful....IMO.

[ginjaninja 537]

14 hours ago, Luke said:

Hi, ultimately this funnels into the same search methods as the search UI in the web app. What do you get when entering these things there?

oh it works sometimes.........

i think i may be onto something....

 

when artist is taken into account..you see why it works..

2023-12-31 10:33:30.626 Debug Server: http/1.1 GET https://‌‍‍XXX.XXX.XXX‌:8920/emby/Users/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/Items?SortBy=Album%2CParentIndexNumber%2CIndexNumber&IncludeItemTypes=Audio&Recursive=true&Artists=wolf%20Alice&SearchTerm=BROS. UserAgent: node-fetch
2023-12-31 10:33:30.655 Debug XmlSerializer: Deserializing file C:\Users\XXXXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\programdata\plugins\configurations\Iconic.xml
2023-12-31 10:33:30.699 Debug Server: http/1.1 Response 200 to ‌‍‍3.239.117.39‌. Time: 73ms. https://‌‍‍XXX.XXX.XXX‌:8920/emby/Users/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/Items?SortBy=Album%2CParentIndexNumber%2CIndexNumber&IncludeItemTypes=Audio&Recursive=true&Artists=wolf%20Alice&SearchTerm=BROS

when it doesnt work

2023-12-31 10:39:32.014 Debug Server: http/1.1 GET https://‌‍‍XXX.XXX.XXX‌:8920/emby/Users/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/Items?SortBy=Album%2CParentIndexNumber%2CIndexNumber&IncludeItemTypes=Audio&Recursive=true&SearchTerm=BROS. UserAgent: node-fetch
2023-12-31 10:39:32.019 Debug Server: http/1.1 Response 200 to ‌‍‍3.239.117.39‌. Time: 5ms. https://‌‍‍XXX.XXX.XXX‌:8920/emby/Users/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/Items?SortBy=Album%2CParentIndexNumber%2CIndexNumber&IncludeItemTypes=Audio&Recursive=true&SearchTerm=BROS

 

emby includes the artist term when i include a device "play song BROS by wolf alice on Emby theatre" (but  on both occassions alexa history shows alexa heard "by artist Wolf Alice")

Edited December 31, 2023 by ginjaninja

[Luke 37099]

On 12/30/2023 at 4:04 PM, ginjaninja said:

it seems it does. The skill supports "song by Artist" so perhaps this request pertains to emby search then (which doesnt currently support search "song by artist" in webui)..

either way, with such a limited ui in Alexa...media selection needs to be [more] bulletproof to be useful....IMO.

Yes it could be a search improvement. Thanks.