User Interface

[samson7point1]

Circumstances:
I have two separate music libraries.  One has lossy compressed files and the other has FLAC.  

There is quite a good deal of overlap between the two in terms of the same album existing in both places in both formats.


Problem:
When I search for a given album, both copies of the album will appear, but until I have opened up the album page, clicked the ... next to the track and looked at "Media Info" I have no way to tell which is which.

When I browse the "Lossless" library, the view only stays in the "Lossless" library until I click on an Artist - then I'm taken to an amalgamated view which contains both libraries again.

What I'm asking for help with:
Is there a way to make it easier to go straight to the FLAC albums when they are available?

Either one of these would resolve my problem, I think:

• Get Jellyfin to stay within a given library when I browse - i.e. don't switch to an amalgamated view even if the artist exists in multiple libraries - only show me the material from the present library.
  
• Enable some kind of overlay with text or an icon indicating the codec used by the tracks in the album - something I can see from the artist page or search results.
  

Are there any plugins or tweaks that might help me do either of those things?


Further explanation:
For anyone wondering why I have two libraries

• I have two libraries because my original library was mostly MP3 based (there's a little OGG, M4A and AAC as well) and I'm in the process of re-reripping everything to FLAC.
  
• If I only use a FLAC library, I won't have access to albums I only have in lossy formats.
  
• If I only use the lossy library I won't have access to the lossless versions of the albums.
  
• Because my phones don't support FLAC, I have to maintain MP3 copies even after I have FLAC rips or I won't have local copies on my phone when I travel
  

Any suggestions or tips would be welcome!

[PaulMc]

+1 for this.

I'm in a similar boat. I've a few albums for which I have both MP3 and FLAC rips and when I play them the tracks double up, i.e. each track gets played twice before moving on to the next track. This is in spite of them being in separate folders. I've a feeling that the metadata overrides the folder structure and filenames and groups them all together because they share the same "parent" album. It would be great to see the codec on the album view and also set a preferred codec for playback may with a fall back or a priority order.

[DigidocTN]

Circumstances:
I have two separate music libraries.  One has lossy compressed files and the other has FLAC.  
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Any suggestions or tips would be welcome!

One thing I would suggest is to install VLC and make it your media player for your phones. It can handle your lossless FLAC files just fine.