Music multiple formats for one song

[Baenwort 118]

So for video files we can have multiple versions of a single movie or TV show by having an extra bit at the end of the file name.

 

Could the same be done for music? Some of my devices can handle .flac and others can not. Because of this I want to have .mp3 versions for some devices but not have separate CDs listed for each version.

Edited February 21, 2020 by Baenwort

[Luke 42077]

Hi, yes it would make sense. It's possible for the future. Thanks.

[vdatanet 1617]

I would like to have multiple versions of an album, DSD-64 5.1, FLAC 96 Khz stereo... Now all the tracks are grouped in the same album. Thanks!

[Davey's 37]

Also, what would be nice is some sort of toggle button, when I'm listening to a music file, and there's a better quality of it available or a DTS-WAV or even a music video that it can be changed to that file and then played at the same time,

as if you were changing audio language in a movie.

[jakeg1235 5]

Was just searching for this feature and would love to see it, I have multiple versions of the same album and it's annoying to see so many duplicates... Has there been any movement on this feature?

[Luke 42077]

4 hours ago, jakeg1235 said:

Was just searching for this feature and would love to see it, I have multiple versions of the same album and it's annoying to see so many duplicates... Has there been any movement on this feature?

Hi, not yet, sorry, but since we support it for video, the foundation is at least there.

[Fleskebacon 0]

On 2/21/2020 at 12:07 AM, Baenwort said:

So for video files we can have multiple versions of a single movie or TV show by having an extra bit at the end of the file name.

 

Could the same be done for music? Some of my devices can handle .flac and others can not. Because of this I want to have .mp3 versions for some devices but not have separate CDs listed for each version.

As an alternative, I use the "Disc Number" field in the file tag and set it to the year of the release, and the detailed information on the specific release in the "Comment" field. This results in only one instance of the album being shown in the album list, but with multiple discs. The field needs to be a number only, so it's a workaround, but it keeps the music collection a bit tidier for albums where I have multiple releases.

[jakeg1235 5]

On 1/21/2025 at 6:29 AM, Fleskebacon said:

As an alternative, I use the "Disc Number" field in the file tag and set it to the year of the release, and the detailed information on the specific release in the "Comment" field. This results in only one instance of the album being shown in the album list, but with multiple discs. The field needs to be a number only, so it's a workaround, but it keeps the music collection a bit tidier for albums where I have multiple releases.

This is a nice workaround, and works well for “outtakes” or “alternate” versions of albums too. My biggest issue with something like this is it becomes unappealing to add the album to a queue or playlist because you then have to go in and parse manually which “version” you want, or else you’ll be adding hours of what is often overlapping music.