02-01-2023, 08:21 PM
[quote pid='44999' dateline='1675274647']
Hi,
the FOLDER-view does nothing more than show the hierarchy of the folders, so clicking on an ARTIST (the "Artist" here is the very folder name) shows whatever is inside that folder, usually "Album" folders, which in turn may contain track files.
I use the following:
LETTER -> each artist beginning with that letter as a folder
artist folder -> all albums by such artist as folders
album folder -> a FLAC file as the entire CD rip + a CUE file describing its tracks (or all track files, if you prefer)
I used this browsing too, at the beginning, but as some improvements were made to the CUE handling, now I mainly use the TAG view.
The fact that if an album has multiple CDs, and all relevant files are in the same folder, then this might be intentional (since the album art is related to the folder name...), I may need an example of your folder structure to better understand (and maybe try to reproduce).
About the volume thing, I may say I do notice a lower volume for files with a bigger bit-depth that 16 (but my DAC only accepts 32_BIT streams, and I set the volume as hardware; now, theoretically the DAC should not play anything different from 32BIT, but "it acts like it doesn't know its limitation, and plays them anyway").
Maybe the automatic padding is not just a padding; i mean: 16 to 32 => all values just doubled, while <anything else> to 32 => padding, hence the lower volume I do experience. Just wandering in the wild here, I really have no clue; I just can hear it, and specifically in these scenarios.
Not too much, though, I may say just a volume step (a physical potentiometer in the analog domain, on my DAC).
[/quote]
Good Evening Al
Many thanks for your reply.
My folder structure is Artist Name -> Album Name -> Tracks
I have been using MoOde this way for years. I only use FLAC/Hi Res FLAC/DSF files for my music. No lossy formats for me!
I am using an IQAudio DAC+ Hat and it plays al the formats. I am glad that that somebody else thinks the output is lower. Thought I was going deaf. No matter tho....
As for the artist view it would be nice to see the artist view with all the album art sorted by artist so you click artist and all their media is shown. That way when you see an album with multiple cd's it doesn't show a folder icon.
Anyway thanks again.
Kind Regards
CCF
(02-01-2023, 04:53 PM)CityCentreFox Wrote: Good Afternoon All
Been a user of moOde for about 4 years now after trying Volumio and others and was until today was using version 6.
After upgrading today to the latest version (nice by the way) I have a couple of questions.
I always used the folder view to select my music and without thinking I noticed a artist view showing album art etc. Might have been in version 6 I don't know. I do like this view but I was wondering if there was a way to group the artist view like a hybrid folder/artist so you are not endlessly scrolling. I did notice the letters on the left hand side but I think if you click on an artist then it lists the albums it might look better. You could even have artist art.
Also I have noticed that if you have a album that is multiple cd's then album art isn't shown just a folder.
If MoOde already does this can you point me in the right direction on how to do it please.
Also don't know whether it is me but does moOde version 8 sound lower than 6 volume wise? It does to me especially on DSD. I know DSD is lower that other formats (in most cases) but I was just wondering.
Kind Regards
CCF
Hi,
the FOLDER-view does nothing more than show the hierarchy of the folders, so clicking on an ARTIST (the "Artist" here is the very folder name) shows whatever is inside that folder, usually "Album" folders, which in turn may contain track files.
I use the following:
LETTER -> each artist beginning with that letter as a folder
artist folder -> all albums by such artist as folders
album folder -> a FLAC file as the entire CD rip + a CUE file describing its tracks (or all track files, if you prefer)
I used this browsing too, at the beginning, but as some improvements were made to the CUE handling, now I mainly use the TAG view.
The fact that if an album has multiple CDs, and all relevant files are in the same folder, then this might be intentional (since the album art is related to the folder name...), I may need an example of your folder structure to better understand (and maybe try to reproduce).
About the volume thing, I may say I do notice a lower volume for files with a bigger bit-depth that 16 (but my DAC only accepts 32_BIT streams, and I set the volume as hardware; now, theoretically the DAC should not play anything different from 32BIT, but "it acts like it doesn't know its limitation, and plays them anyway").
Maybe the automatic padding is not just a padding; i mean: 16 to 32 => all values just doubled, while <anything else> to 32 => padding, hence the lower volume I do experience. Just wandering in the wild here, I really have no clue; I just can hear it, and specifically in these scenarios.
Not too much, though, I may say just a volume step (a physical potentiometer in the analog domain, on my DAC).
[/quote]
Good Evening Al
Many thanks for your reply.
My folder structure is Artist Name -> Album Name -> Tracks
I have been using MoOde this way for years. I only use FLAC/Hi Res FLAC/DSF files for my music. No lossy formats for me!
I am using an IQAudio DAC+ Hat and it plays al the formats. I am glad that that somebody else thinks the output is lower. Thought I was going deaf. No matter tho....
As for the artist view it would be nice to see the artist view with all the album art sorted by artist so you click artist and all their media is shown. That way when you see an album with multiple cd's it doesn't show a folder icon.
Anyway thanks again.
Kind Regards
CCF
