Bug 2698 - Extend "Advanced Search" in Web interface for more tags
: Extend "Advanced Search" in Web interface for more tags
Status: NEW
Product: Logitech Media Server
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Web Interface
: 7.4.0
: All All
: P2 enhancement with 29 votes (vote)
: New Schema
Assigned To: Brandon Black
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthr...
: new_schema
Depends on: 2696 2697 8303
Blocks: 2700
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Reported: 2005-12-09 01:27 UTC by Ceejay
Modified: 2009-10-06 12:03 UTC (History)
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Context description for this and other requests (8.17 KB, text/plain)
2005-12-09 01:28 UTC, Ceejay
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Description Ceejay 2005-12-09 01:27:37 UTC
NB - this is one of a series of requests, collectively intended to improve
usability for users of Classical music.  See attachment for context.

(1) Add fields to allow search on:
- Composer
- Conductor
- Performer
- Ensemble/Band/Orchestra

(and Lyricist, Arranger, Author if added under Request 1)(and for maximum flexibility how about COMMENT?)

These fields all considered as "AND" to each other and to existing fields.

Reason: makes it possible for users to find a particular recording (essential in large libraries) or to look for works by particular conductors etc.

(2) Add option (eg by pull down or tick box) to search for Albums instead of Tracks [see also Bug 1121]

Reason: in Classical music we are nearly always looking for the whole album to play: current behaviour clutters the search list with all the tracks (movements).

(3) Prepopulate the search fields with valid values - in the same way that Genre is today.  May want only to do this if there are less than N values to stop this getting out of hand. N could be configurable on this form - default say 50 - or hardwired (pick a number!)

(4) For extra credit (but not essential in first release)... Some of these tags can legally have multiple occurrences, so the search should allow for this.  Tags which can occur only once (Album, Artist, Year, Title) can just be entry boxes against a fixed label as in the current Advanced Search form.

The ones which can be multiple could be accomodated by having a number of flexible labels, each with a pull-down selecting from the valid tag names. You could default the first to "Composer", the second to "Conductor", etc.  There are other ways of doing this!
Comment 1 Ceejay 2005-12-09 01:28:05 UTC
Created attachment 1071 [details]
Context description for this and other requests