Track level collections

[jmariani 11]

Sometimes artists makes cover versions of other artists songs.

Collections looks like the instrument of choice to group said songs.

 

But collections only work at album level, not track level.

 

Would be good to have that feature, so I can group tracks under, for example, "Jimi Hendrix Covers".

 

Thank you.

 

[d00zah 128]

Sometimes artists makes cover versions of other artists songs.

Collections looks like the instrument of choice to group said songs.

 

But collections only work at album level, not track level.

 

Would be good to have that feature, so I can group tracks under, for example, "Jimi Hendrix Covers".

 

Thank you.

 

Playlists?

[Luke 37090]

Yes why not playlists?

[jmariani 11]

That's what I'm using, but the collections concept look more fit. Similar to the "Grouping" concept of iTunes.

On the other hand, why collections then? Looks redundant with playlists.

Edited August 29, 2018 by jmariani

[Luke 37090]

Collections are groupings, not necessarily designed to play in a specific folder. It's more like a virtual folder.

[jmariani 11]

Understood. Anyway, I still think grouping would be good for tracks.

 

Another way to do what I want is tagging. I can tag a song as a "Jimi Hendrix cover", and then view the tags like the genres or playlists view.

[Luke 37090]

You can tag it now, and viewing by tags is planned for the future. thanks.

[jmariani 11]

I know I can tag, but now they're unusable.

And it's good tag viewing is planned for the future, but since you can't guarantee an ETA for next version, it's a curiosity.

 

Thank you.

[Luke 37090]

Collections and playlists essentially are the same thing, just with slightly different presentation.

[jmariani 11]

Got it.

 

Maybe a workaround while the future arrives is to tag it using a Genre tag.