Music single / album question

[Swaf 2]

Hi, Soz I know there ´s already somes subject about this but I don’t understand 

is it possible to have something like plex 

a separate line under « album » for « single » instead everything under « album » 

 

if yes How ? Thanks !
 

 

[Luke 42807]

HI there, can you please provide a specific example?

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[Swaf 2]

Plex / emby 

 

[user24 397]

I think the OP is asking for Group by Release Type (e,g Albums, Singles, Compilations, Live, etc.) There's other posts asking for the same thing elsewhere scattered across the forums.. so it's a duplicate request...

https://emby.media/community/topic/121694-fr-option-to-sort-music-into-groups-eg-albums-live-single-etc/

AFAIK, currently the only way to achieve something similar wth Emby (web app only) is by this method (which I am still actively using):

https://emby.media/community/topic/146952-hide-playlists-from-included-in-group-albums-by-release-type-decade/

Other than that, various workarounds with Genres, Tags, Collections, Playlists are likely also possible.

Edited July 10 by user24

[Luke 42807]

@Swafis this what you're asking about?

[Rumzzz 58]

This has always been a fragmented/troublesome topic for me, and varies heavily across platforms.

It might be simple to assume that albums/collections that have 1 track are singles, but there are often times entire albums that are shoved into a single 40 minute song.

Another case is a "single" release where its a song and then maybe 3 or 4 remixes of that song put together.

And again these are all dependent on the platform/publisher. But regardless, I personally don't see a "correct" way for Emby to distinguish between albums/singles/eps.

 

EDIT: as a potential workaround, could include a track count property to display under each album.

Edited 51 minutes ago by Rumzzz

[user24 397]

3 minutes ago, Rumzzz said:

I personally don't see a "correct" way for Emby to distinguish between albums/singles/eps.

Hmmm - I'm not sure about "correct" way, but I think there is possibly a standard way that is widely accepted. There are tags called RELEASETYPE and MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMTYPE for this purpose. Other platforms already use these.

If Emby had this field and could import the tags, then it would potentially be possible to either use your own embedded metadata, or perhaps fetched via MusicBrainz, which already classifies Album/Singles/etc by release type.

Perhaps the MusicBrainz system could be the default, with the option to prioritize embedded metdata over the fetcher, much like what can be done for other data.  Then, a "Group By" function could potentially be used to combine all so-called "Albums" as it is now, or separate the "Albums", based upon RELEASETYPE.

[user24 397]

24 minutes ago, Rumzzz said:

EDIT: as a potential workaround, could include a track count property to display under each album.

Yeah, that's a use for track count I hadn't thought of - then sorting of by track count would separate all "Singles" to the top or the bottom of the list

I also want something like this for other reasons:

https://emby.media/community/topic/128949-show-individual-songsalbums-counts-on-music-summary-pages/

I have a reasonable workaround for Albums count now, but nothing yet for Songs.