Finding Specific (FLAC or MP3) version of albums

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    Seppi Evans
    Hi-Res

    When browsing Albums use the filters, you can filter by quality… CD, MQA & Hi-Res.

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    personally I would move the MP3 copies elsewhere so they are not indexed.

  • Larry Brody

    Many artists only have MP3 versions of the albums at this time, so can't move them.

    I am a newbie and don't mean to sound stupid, but it is not obvious to me how to filter. Help?

    Thanks

    Larry

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  • Seppi Evans
    Hi-Res

    If you select Albums the albums appear, at the top is a search bar, to the right of it is the filter menu (three lines)

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  • Adrien Kaulmann

    Indeed, filtering by Quality is limited and will not necessarily remove MP3 from the list. I have the options CD, Hi-Res and MQA, which will not separate MP3 from M4A files, both being at 44,1kHz

    I have created an MP3 copy of all albums, store it elsewhere on my server and only keep MP3s in the indexed folder when another format is not available. Generally, I do change the title in the Metadata to « album (MP3) », so they are being treated as different albums. In case I forgot to move the files out of the shared folder they will show up as 2 different albums and can move them later on if I wish to do so.

    I do keep MP3 files for syncing purposes with phone or car, and keep them separate from the Lossless files. Yes, this needs a bit of shifting files around sometimes, but it is well worth it.

    You will need to play around a bit to create the structures you need for your purposes, maybe look for a music manager that best fits or even use different managers for the different purposes.

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