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Questions / Genres and Ratings
December 18, 2014, 18:16:49
First off, I LOVE this player and my issue will not cause me to go anywhere else. I have reached the promised land! And sorry for the wall of text, just trying to ensure understanding.

So, what happens for me is that I don't like a bunch of genres, preferring to keep such nice and clean. As it happens though, my meticulous attention to detail fails me at times. Here's what happens...

Outside of Gmusicbrowser:

1- Delete all tags, a process that sometimes allows errant tags to slip through.

Inside Gmusicbrowser:

1- Edit tags, trying my best to ensure no errant tags, but you know...

2- Edit ratings, save when I remember, but there's more...

Problem:

After editing genre tags, I rate songs, and all is well.

But, what happens is, I missed a tag I didn't want, such as "Symphonic Rock". All I need is "Rock". But, I notice that tag remains and clutters my "Genres" tab.

So, as it works now, in order to remove that errant genre, I do the config > gmusicbrowser > delete config file.

Then, I reload gmusicbrowser, making sure to tick off the "write ratings to files" tag, ensuring I do the "write tags to files, and pull songs into that window" and other settings. Then I point the player to my folders and bring them into the best music player on the planet.

Errant genres are no more.

Only problem is, I continually and without fail lose all my ratings that I could swear I had saved to the file.

This problem has lasted me for a good five or more years now. Always "errant genre" > "delete config" > "NO RATINGS FOR YOU"

I've managed to save some ratings, somehow, so the fix now is to have a separate folder of duplicate songs specifically to correct this problem (scared to not keep these "correct" files within the main folder for fear of this issue).


Questions:

1- Genres. How can I delete these errant genres that seem to be stored somewhere I don't have access to (since they show up even after deletion within the player) without having to delete the config file? Which causes problems with...

2- Ratings. How can I ensure that when I edit a rating, it gets written to the file, and not just to a database or whatever it is that causes me to keep losing these ratings? (I know about "Update Tags", but it is so unreliable in my case)


Again, these issues, aggravating as they are, will not cause me to divorce the best music player on the planet. I very much appreciate the hard work and dedication of all involved.