Mixed Content / Folder View

[skidmarks 199]

So i am using a lot of mixed folders.  For the most part i have no issues with how they are displayed.  A "It is what it is" kind of thing.  Functional.

 

But here comes the holiday season...  The main reason i enjoy mixed folders, especially in this case, is the ability to put all the holiday stuff in a holiday library.  I dont want to see holiday movies or tv specials and music specific to a holiday in my normal movie or TV and music folders.  So thats what i did.  Everything is in a big holiday library with sub directories for specific holidays.  Been this way for a while.

 

But i went to play a Halloween album last night and see all the tracks but not song numbers?  Not even in the correct play order.  I set up all the music folders just like i would if i was adding them to my main music library.  Only difference is i put them in the mixed content folder.

 

Am i expecting too much by using mixed content folders?

 

Holiday Mixed Content Library:

 

Selected Halloween Music: (but all music libraries here do the same thing)

 

Result:

 

Could of sworn, at some point , during my MB / emby experience this actually showed like an album, not just randomly displayed files?

 

(Should mention i'm running the beta)

Edited October 29, 2019 by skidmarks

[Luke 42086]

You'll get a better experience using the dedicated music content type.

[skidmarks 199]

Was just trying not to have multiple libraries for holiday specific media.  Lumping all this holiday stuff into one emby library (mixed content) was my solution.  Apparently not a good one for music.

 

To me even this haphazard music display is better than having a library for every holiday season.

 

Thanks for the reply!

[Happy2Play 9785]

I haven't tested but I thought Mixed Content only applied to Movies and TV?

[skidmarks 199]

Yah i don't know.  You can see it does display music in the mixed content folder.  Just not how you would expect it to.  I should mention, i forgot how i set it up, that there are two folders being looked at by the holiday mixed content library.  One is a holiday music folder (set up like a normal music folder) and the other is a holiday video folder.  It has "movies" (set up with the normal movie structure). 

 

It works rather well...

Edited October 29, 2019 by skidmarks