Music albums with titles of different artists/genres

[jhschulz 3]

If you access a music library via DLNA and select an artist or a genre, you get a list of all albums that contain at least one title of this album / genre. If you now select one of the albums, you always get all titles of this album, even if not all titles match the artist / genre.

 

If I select music via artist / genre, I only want to get music of this artist / genre. So I would expect to see only the titles of the album that match the selected artist / genre.

 

If an album is selected where not all titles match the artist / genre, there could be another selection to choose between "All titles" and "Titles by <artist>" / "<genre> titles" before you get the list of titles.

Edited November 29, 2018 by jhschulz

[Luke 37165]

That's not what we currently do, and comparing to popular music apps it doesn't look like they do either.

[jhschulz 3]

Hi Luke,

 

I know, it's not what Emby currently does, that's why I wrote this post

 

To me it makes no sense and significantly reduces the usability to get all titles of an album, if not all titles match the selected artist or genre. And I know at least one DLNA server that does exactly what I would expect, it filters the list and only shows the matching titles. To get all titles of that album, you have to select the album directly (from the list of albums).

 

Music apps only access the DLNA server and let you browse through the data structure provided by the server. What I'm talking about is not related to the app, it's related to the DLNA server and how it provides and groups the media files.

 

I don't say it's completely wrong what Emby does and don't ask you to simply change it, because someone else might like it the way it is now. That's why I suggested a possible solution that let you choose between a complete list or a filtered list. It shouldn't be a problem to add another level of selection between the album name and the list of titles, where you can choose between a complete list of titles or a list filtered by the selected artist / genre.

 

It would be perfect to have a configuration option in the DLNA part of the dashboard, where you can select one of the following options:

 

- Show all titles, even if they don't match the selected artist / genre.

- Only show titles matching the selected artist / genre.

- If not all titles match the selected artist / genre, add another level of selection to let the user choose between the complete list or the filtered list of titles.

 

The first option is the way it is now. The second is how it makes more sense to me and like I have seen it with another DLNA server. The last is something I have not seen yet, but should be possible and provides a way to choose between both title lists (this would be a nice and useful feature).

[Luke 37165]

Thanks for the feedback.