by Barry4679 » Wed Feb 05, 2020 2:41 am
Davo wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2020 6:15 pm
What do you see as the main benefits of using Location?
In this instance I was just testing and reviewing that facility; looking for bugs and getting to know MM5 wrinkles.
But I do use Location node in MM4.
My tracks are on my NAS. I rip CDs using a tool other than MM, and I rip to my PC disk.
The Location node quarantines new music while I titivate the art, and clean up the tags ... and audition the music in some cases.
Once done, I drag and drop the music that I want to keep, to my NAS,
The other use for it may be people with dodgy tags ... ie. they can find tracks via the file structure.
Davo wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2020 6:15 pm
Thanks for the explanation. I never really understood 'contextual' searches. i don't use searches much, preferring the column filter
You're welcome.
The MM5 contextual search is a tool worth learning, for impromptu queries..... it is always listening ... it is confined to the context of the selected Media Tree Collection, and the results has all the View modes that you are expecting
- if you are in the AllTracks node, it searches all words, in all tags (or just those that you allow it to search via Tools|Options|Library|Search)
- if you are in the Albums node, it searches all words, in the AlbumArtist and album tags
- otherwise it searches just the implied tag... ie. the Conductor tag in you earlier example
.
- You can type a simple search phrase
- or, if you are in the AllTracks node, you use the search syntax language as per their tooltip ..... this is the restriction that I keep banging on about ... it would be helpful if this restriction was lifted, for the Albums node at least ... also all these modal differences, where MM5 works this way in this this situation, but works that way in that other situation, makes MM5 hard to understand and learn
Advantages (vs Column Browser) for impromptu queries:
- it searches the start of any word, not just the 1st word .... well it is actually more involved than that ... The column browser will search all words, but only where it can't find a hit, using just the 1st word, but then you can advance to the next occurrence using the ctrl+down key .... whereas the contextual search shows you all occurrences immediately
- you don't have to rearrange column browser columns
- it is easier to clear your search criteria ... ie. there is a little 'x', whereas in the Column Browser you need to scroll the column way back up to the top, or know to use the Home key
[quote=Davo post_id=465088 time=1580858127 user_id=10457]
What do you see as the main benefits of using Location?
[/quote]
In this instance I was just testing and reviewing that facility; looking for bugs and getting to know MM5 wrinkles.
But I do use Location node in MM4.
My tracks are on my NAS. I rip CDs using a tool other than MM, and I rip to my PC disk.
The Location node quarantines new music while I titivate the art, and clean up the tags ... and audition the music in some cases.
Once done, I drag and drop the music that I want to keep, to my NAS,
The other use for it may be people with dodgy tags ... ie. they can find tracks via the file structure.
[quote=Davo post_id=465088 time=1580858127 user_id=10457]
Thanks for the explanation. I never really understood 'contextual' searches. i don't use searches much, preferring the column filter
[/quote]
You're welcome.
The MM5 contextual search is a tool worth learning, for impromptu queries..... it is always listening ... it is confined to the context of the selected Media Tree Collection, and the results has all the View modes that you are expecting
[list]if you are in the AllTracks node, it searches all words, in all tags (or just those that you allow it to search via Tools|Options|Library|Search)[/list]
[list]if you are in the Albums node, it searches all words, in the AlbumArtist and album tags[/list]
[list]otherwise it searches just the implied tag... ie. the Conductor tag in you earlier example[/list]
.
[list]You can type a simple search phrase[/list]
[list] or, if you are in the AllTracks node, you use the search syntax language as per their tooltip ..... this is the restriction that I keep banging on about ... it would be helpful if this restriction was lifted, for the Albums node at least ... also all these modal differences, [i]where MM5 works this way[/i] in this this situation, [i]but works that way[/i] in that other situation, makes MM5 hard to understand and learn[/list]
Advantages (vs Column Browser) for impromptu queries:
[list]it searches the start of any word, not just the 1st word .... well it is actually more involved than that ... The column browser will search all words, but only where it can't find a hit, using just the 1st word, but then you can advance to the next occurrence using the ctrl+down key .... whereas the contextual search shows you all occurrences immediately[/list]
[list]you don't have to rearrange column browser columns[/list]
[list]it is easier to clear your search criteria ... ie. there is a little 'x', whereas in the Column Browser you need to scroll the column way back up to the top, or know to use the Home key[/list]