Bug 473545 - Option to exclude sub-folders of indexed folders
Summary: Option to exclude sub-folders of indexed folders
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Elisa
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 20.12.3
Platform: Debian stable Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Matthieu Gallien
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Reported: 2023-08-19 21:28 UTC by Clemens
Modified: 2023-08-22 22:07 UTC (History)
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Description Clemens 2023-08-19 21:28:51 UTC
Preliminary:
I've been trying for a while to recreate all the programs/functions of my previous "main computer" a Mac Mini, in Linux.
As far as managing and playing music is concerned, so far "Elisa" is the best approximation to iTunes/Apple Music i could find.  Therefore many thanks to the developers!

However, I have found some bugs/inadequacies:


1. in my music folder there are subfolders that I do NOT want to play with Elisa (audio books). In this respect, it should also be possible not only to add new paths, but also to remove / exclude paths.



2. if I "re-read" the music collection, then NOTHING is visible at first, neither albums nor artists etc..
Only after quitting and restarting Elisa, the newly read in music collection is available again.

3. if I click on "Genre" on the left, all matching artists are displayed in the main window. 
This is not factually correct:  Artists cannot be clearly assigned to a genre, but albums can.
So the albums matching the genre (with cover) should be displayed in the main window.

I use "Elisa" under MX-Linux 21.3 on an Intel NUC12 (64 bit).

Best regards
     Clemens
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-08-22 22:07:27 UTC
Hello Clemens! I'm happy that you're happy with Elisa. I too am using it as an iTunes replacement, and have been gently guiding its development in that direction for several years. Nice to see it's working. :)

#2 is a but that was fixed years ago, but you don't have the fix since you're using a very old version. I would recommend upgrading if possible.

#1 and #3 are feature requests, but unfortunately we can't have multiple bugs/requests/features in a single bug report. So let's use this one for #1, and can I ask you submit a new one for #2? Thanks!