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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0003220 | MMW v4 | Synchronization | public | 2007-07-04 14:54 | 2011-04-27 15:49 |
| Reporter | Assigned To | ||||
| Priority | urgent | Severity | tweak | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | resolved | Resolution | no change required | ||
| Product Version | 2.5.5 | ||||
| Summary | 0003220: Advanced Sync Masks don't evaluate according to their hierarchy | ||||
| Description | Hello, on my genericUSB device plugin, I've set the synchronization mask to: [code] -- MUSIC --\_Playlists\_playlist data\<Genre>\<Artist> - <Title>[/code] that way, by default, all music goes into that format... then, on specific playlists I synch, I set the mask in the destination column differently: [code]\-- MUSIC --\$If(<Album>,<Album Artist>\<Album>,<Artist>)\<Track#>. <Title> $if(<Album Artist>=Various Artists,- <Artist>,)[/code] this works fine on its own as well... however... I've found that while I would expect the second mask (set specifically on the playlist) to ALWAYS over rule the first default mask... sometimes it doesn't. - there doesn't seem to be a specific order in which the masks are evaluated for one shared file. Also.. if I set two playlists with different destination masks that contain some of the same tracks, there seems to be no specific heirarchy of which should be followed here either - maybe their should be another column next to destination called "priority" - which lets you specify a number order that these masks should be followed in? eg. [code][b]playlist 1:[/b] dest = /music/playlists songs/ priority = 3 [b]playlist 2:[/b] dest = /music/playlist 2/ priority = 1 [b]playlist 3:[/b] dest = /music/ priority = 2[/code] [b]The above example would mean;[/b] - a song that is ONLY in playlist 1 would follow playlist 1's mask. - a song that is in playlist 1 & 2 would follow playlist 2's mask because playlist 2 has higher priority - a song that is in all playlists would follow playlist 2's mask as well - a song that is in playlist 1 & 3 would follow playlist 3's mask because playlist 3 has higher priority at the very least.. a definite order should be defined.. if not a user defineable order like above, then maybe the playlists should be evaluated in alphabetical order. And as mentioned at the top, the default mask for the device should always be overruled by the specific playlist masks. | ||||
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I listed this as a 'tweak'.. but I think it is higher priority than that as there is not much point in setting specific destination masks for playlists if there is no priority order for the masks to be applied to files shared between the playlists. |
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This issue is no longer an issue due to changes in 4.0 syncing. |
