Issue with Collections

[KodiUser1138]

KodiUser1138

Yeah, it seems some of the "features" would be better if they were optional. Super nice program other wise! I enjoy having my own streaming library.

JF is awesome and has made my media library management much, much easier. I have 1 large hurdle I'd like to knock down to further simplify adding new media in general but other than that and a few hiccups I can't believe how much time it used to take me to do what is seemingly simple to me now.

My issues with JF collections are more annoyances that take more time rather than big ticket complaints. Frustrations with changes or seeming lack of execution. I like using collections for browsing my library on JF while my general playback client is Kodi with JF managing the database. If I could make smart playlist type XMLs for my collections and not have to spend time making fixes when something small changes then I'd save myself a lot of self inflicted time wasted.

A simple example is a movie soundtrack having an extended version released and so I curated all the songs into just 1 album. Than then required a refresh of my movie soundtrack library, no big deal. But that soundtrack is in 3 different collections and for each of those collections I had to re-add that soundtrack. OK that's 1 annoyance but if I change the drive location where I store my movie soundtracks now I have to refresh and then re add EVERY soundtrack to a collection. And that scenario is coming down the pipeline as I build my massive media server unit.

If JF handled collections by say using the JF Library name (Movie Soundtracks) and then the Album title + Artist (Deadpool & Wolverine - Various Artists) then after refreshing the library everything else is taken care of for me. This 1 soundtrack appears in the Shawn Levy, Deadpool and MCU collections.