I discovered an issue with a particular album when using the Naim app. I have 2 album instances for the same album. The album has 9 tracks total however one of the tracks is by itself in one of the album instances with the remaining tracks in the other instance. When I investigated in file station I discovered I had two folders for the one album with the tracks assigned as the aforementioned. To remedy I moved the sole track in one folder to the other folder with the other 8 tracks to result in one folder with 9 tracks.
I then chose the ārescan folders detecting changesā in Asset.
Iāll be honest, I donāt have a 100% understanding of file and meta data management. I donāt know how that album folder got split but Iām pretty sure it wasnāt spit when I loaded this library on my QNAP. But maybe it was.
Am I going about this correctly? Or is there a better way to manage files and meta data? I occasionally run across little snafus like this and fix them but it seems like itās always a pain. Is it that Asset takes a long time to update? Iām not sure what amount of time to expect for my library.
I day or so ago I went ahead and selected the āclear database, rescan foldersā option and hoping that does the trick.
The track āSomething to doā has a different album title to the others, so it will always show separately. Just edit the album title metadata (changing file names achieves nothing) to be the same as the others and then check that the tracks are numbered correctly.
Thanks for your replies. In file station I deleted the folder with the wrong album name and combined the single track into the folder with the other 8 tracks and correct file name. I think Iām at the mercy of asset updating the database with the new folder arrangement. Itās still updating it seems.
So for some reason, Asset, Minimserver, and even BubbleApp all still show the now deleted folder with single track in it. And the track plays from all three servers in spite of the folder getting deleted and track moved to another folder. Iāve rescanned and stopped and re-started all the server apps and itās still showing.
I use qnap/asset and qnap/LMS. Albums are stored in random folders in multimedia, asset and LMS are able to find and play any album in multimedia without a problem.
File station just means more work for the NAS and another thing to go wrong.
I only use file station to keep my albums sorted. I donāt want parts of an album scattered across multiple folders b/c I didnāt rip them that way. Iām not sure how this one ended up in two folders. And I am using asset with the naim app. But I want my underlying file structure to remain organized. I tried restarting the QNAP and the old folder structure is still showing up in Asset. Frustrating. Edit - I think Iām going to uninstall asset and try starting over.
I donāt have parts of the albums scattered across folders, all the tracks in an album are in a single folder. The album folders are scattered.
The server will play any album or track from any folder in Multimedia, there is no need for a file structure as far as I concerned, once the file is in the NAS I can forget about it. Iāve no interest in where it is.
Hopefully your attempt to solve a small problem wonāt result in a larger problem. It can happen, been there done that.
Hi. As described above you need to use a metadata editor to ensure the tags are the same - album name in this instance.
You can use bliss to do this. In the page you showed you copy the album name to all tracks and save. I donāt find bliss very easy to use this way. It is generally better suited to automatic scans of your library though I am finding if you set up the rules inexpertly it often messes with your organisation.
I use metadatics on my Mac to do this kind of maintenance when the flac gremlins corrupt my data.
The maker of asset UPnP has a tag editor too you can use.
Thanks for the response. I realize I shouldāve edited the tag first I think. But it didnāt solve for the folder fragment I was trying to rectify. I donāt know how, perhaps when I copied my library to the QNAP something happened, but that one folder was on its own with only one track with the remaining 8 tracks in a separate folder all under the artist. I certainly didnāt copy it that way and my original library only has the one folder. Anyway, it was no problem to fix the folder in the QNAP library. I assumed the servers sitting on top of my library would get the message the folder structure changed but apparently thatās not how it works. Itās all a learning experience. lol
Sorry I missed the split folder thing. Once you have retagged the files and reorganised your folders all should be good. Did you happen to setup bliss to manage your file folders automatically based on tags? It can do that but I found it mangled my folder setup so abandoned it.
The folders are irrelevant, unless you are searching by folder view. Itās the Metadata that counts here. Iād suggest that as you are using Asset, you install dBPoweramp on your computer. As well as being an excellent metadata editor itās a cd ripper par excellence. Itās made by Illustrate, who make Asset, so they go perfectly together.
It takes a while to get your head around metadata - I was hopeless at it when I started streaming - but get it mastered and itās the key to a well organised music library and a stress free streaming experience.
Donāt forget that a deleted file or folder may still be sitting in a ārecycle binā on your QNAP, so be sure if you delete something, check the recycle bin(s) on the NAS.
Thanks HH, Iāll dl dBP and check it out. I realize folders are irrelevant and my folder structure is fairly solid but if I find fragments like the above Iām going to fix them so I need to understand why these changes arenāt getting into the server apps.
Thanks, thatās a good point and I did discover the deleted file in my recycle bin yesterday and deleted it. I donāt know how long it takes for the folder changes to show up. Asset seems to be still updating but Iām not certain. The FF browser tab Asset is open in continues to flash intermittently so I think itās still doing something. Itās been doing this for days now. Not sure what that means.
As soon as you change the metadata it will reflect in Asset if youāve chosen the relevant option in its settings. On occasion Asset can sort of get stuck, and telling it to do a full rescan will sort it out. The key thing is mastering the metadata.
Thanks, I do feel like Asset is sort of stuck here. I may uninstall and reinstall if I donāt make any headway by the weekend. Iāll check my Asset options again and see if there is a setting I donāt have enabled.