On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 16:03, François Ingelrest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For this particular case, there's indeed a bug. I did not notice it > because I almost always use the Library module, and this doesn't > happen with this one. To fix it when using the file explorer, I think > that the AlbumArtist tag should be used to sort the files instead of > the Artist one when it exists. > > For your other issue, it's way more complicated. Not sorting the files > is not a solution, as there are other people (including me) who have > the exact opposite problem: filenames are a mess, but tags are > correct. If the files are no longer sorted before adding them to the > playlist, the order in which they will be added will make no sense. > Moreover, when drag'n'dropping some files from an external application > (e.g., Nautilus), the files may be passed in any arbitrary order, and > not sorting them would not provide the expected result. > > You're thinking of the file explorer as a way "to get rid" of tags, > but it's only a way to browse your files. Internally, tags are used > everywhere, including in the playlist. The problem is that I cannot recover the file ordering, while the tag ordering can be obtained just by clicking on the column. Couldn't you add an option that enables filename sorting instead of tag sorting? To me, the 0.11 release is completely unusable, and will have to stay with my patched 0.10 or switch (again) to a different application. -- Martín Ferrari -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
