Troubleshooting problem with file numbering display

[Budgie]

(01-06-2022 20:11)simoncn Wrote:  If an album has two discs tagged DISCNUMBER=1 and DISCNUMBER=2 and these discs are merged by MinimSrever into a single album, the track numbers on the second disc are automatically adjusted by MinimServer with all track numbers on the second disc incremented by the hghest track number on the first disc.

For example, with tagging:

DISCNUMBER=1 TRACKNUMBER=1
....
DISCNUMBER=1 TRACKNUMBER=29
DISCNUMBER=2 TRACKNUMBER=1
....
DISCNUMBER=2 TRACKNUMBER=29

the track numbers on the second disc would be shown by MinimServer as 30 to 58. For more information, see this section.

There was discussion some time ago about changing this so that track numbers on the second disc would not be incremented if the lowest track number on the second disc is greater than the highest track number on the first disc. This hasn't yet been implemented.

Edit: Actually, this change was implemented in the transition from MinimServer 0.8 to MinimServer 2. Thanks to simbun for pointing this out.

Hi and many thanks for the info. A trip down memory lane which I am finding harder as I get older!
Will need help in capturing a screen shot from my BubbleDS screen but meanwhile there are many other parameters I may have messed up so certainly do not assume it is a fault with your excellent software which I have been using for many years.

I suspect the problem is from when I rebuilt my machines when I upgraded hardware. I cannot find my notes for when I set up Easytag and Luckybackup but these are my key suspects and it is quite possible that changes to a tag of metadata are not being identified by rsync when I run Luckybackup.

My original intention had been to preserve the file dates of my data as the dates when I first ripped my CDs. This tended to be when I purchased them as I usually rip them on receipt.

I have a vague memory of date issues when using Easytag, which often I need to re-visit as tagging classical CDs requires much editing. I am now confused as to what preference in Easytag I should use:- "Preserve modification time or not" and "Update parent modification time when writing files or not" I certainly didn't want the update the parent directory but have forgotten what I used to do with preserving the modification time. To me the meaning is confusing.

The subject problem first appeared when I put together in one playlist all the tracks from two CDs. which together comprise the complete work. In this case I had begun to use the album in unedited form so the tags were whatever I received from the initial ripping. To get the playlist right I just edited the list and used it until now.

When I came back to this my first and normal practice has been to combine all tracks into one directory for the Work and edit the file numbers so that they show the complete work numbered from 1 to whatever, in this case it is 58 files. I do all this on my master data set on my workstation I then save and copy it to the NAS using Luckybackup where minimserver serves the data to the network.

As far as I can see from "Filestation" on the NAS the complete work is now in one album with all tracks correctly numbered and in the right sequence. It is quite possible however that my last run of Luckybackup didn't see any change as only some metadata was edited. I shall look to Running Easytag on the NAS data directly and see if that does the trick. Will call for help when I have done more homework and thanks for your reply.

Regards,
Budgie