[mythtv-users] Myth music metadata problem

Karl Newman newmank1 at asme.org
Sun Nov 29 17:01:57 UTC 2015


On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 1:37 AM, Lawrence Rust <lvr at softsystem.co.uk> wrote:

> On Sun, 2015-11-29 at 12:53 +1100, Chris Nicholls wrote:
> > Morning all,
> > I have a problem with metadata in mythmusic. I've just re-ripped my CDs
> > in wav format. The problem I have is that not all of the metadata is
> > being recognised. I've resanned on an empty directory, touched every
> > file, rescanned.
> >
> > Could anyone cast some light on this please.
>
> To restart from an empty MythMusic database (in 0.27) execute:
>
> mysql -h [hostname] -u mythtv -D mythlive -e'\
>  delete from music_albumart;\
>  delete from music_albums;\
>  delete from music_artists;\
>  delete from music_genres;\
>  delete from music_songs;\
>  delete from music_directories'
>
> Then perform a rescan.
>
> Why .wav files and not FLAC?  They're both lossless.  FLAC is about 1/3
> to 1/2 the size.
>
> And FLAC metadata is well-supported. I'm not positive, but I don't think
MythMusic supports metadata in WAV files.

Karl
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