Feature description:
A custom string option which pulls from the RELEASETYPE tag field
Problem solved:
The Now Playing screen cannot dynamically hide/display various fields which may not be relevant to the type of media being played.
Brought benefits:
Examples using MusicBrainz official categories:
“single” - hide the album name and track number
“broadcast” or “interview” - show the full release date instead of just the year
“compilation” - show original artist instead of album artist
“remix” - show all artists instead of just the album artist
There are currently ways to work around some of these situations (e.g. for singles: if title==album, don’t show album) but these can become complicated to write strings for and in many cases simply cannot be done currently.
Other application solutions:
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