Search-related suggestions

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Music Collection is already very flexible and amazing how it handles complex situations, such as box sets and compilations. I have a couple of more suggestions, that could be great features in the future.


1. Lyrics search - Ideally incorporated into the Song search option; matching songs will be returned even if only a partial word is entered, as the song search does now.


2. Multiple Formats (Multiple Select and/or Copy) - In the demo, I see that albums across multiple formats are handled via two separate entries, so that they appear in the appropriate format search, and can retain information that might be specific to each version. I wanted to suggest ways to streamline the process:

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[li]"Copy album" button - create a duplicate of an existing album, with the same attributes and sample files as the original. The duplicate can still be edited to reflect bonus tracks, different album art, etc, however.[/li]

AND/OR

[li]Multiple Select Formats - Ideally treated as an "Other available formats..." which functions similar to the Related Artist feature.

Could work without copy button, for individual entries whose attributes are the same from format to format, so that the album still shows up in appropriate searches. And could also be used with the copy button, so that alternate versions are always seen, like Related Artists.

[I know different album versions already show up in a general search by title... but this method would also catch situations where a song search is performed for a bonus track appearing on one album version, but not another. ][/li]
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Have a good day!
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  • Accepted Answer

    Sunday, March 15 2009, 09:39 AM - #Permalink
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    uou! you started the suggestions forum! ;) good!

    Lyrics search: this is easy to do. I planned to add this originaly, but I didn't because I though that the search could be a bit slow: if you have 100 lyrics, thats not a problem. if you have 10000 lyrics...honestly, I don't know if that would be very slow. I'll make some tests. anyway, I'll add this as an optional checkbox ("search inside lyrics") in the song search form :)

    Formats:I like more the "copy button" idea: as it is now, music collection is fundamentaly based on formats: when you list the items of an artist, the main classification structure is using the formats, so adding multiple formats to an album would affect the way you display albums: you'd have to choose if you want the album to appear once, indicating its multiple formats; or you want some of the albums to be displayed in various formats...

    the copy button is something I already programmed originaly, but I didn't included on 1.0.0: the possibility that you tell music collection that some item is in fact an other format version of an already entered item. that way, you'd have the possibility to display this information in the album view, like you say, ina field similar to "related" in the artists view. would be some like... "available also in this formats"

    I'll think about that and work to include in the next version

    cheers
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    Tuesday, March 24 2009, 06:34 AM - #Permalink
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    Excellent!

    Thank you for considering these!
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