Feature description:
Currently in the app, when the ampersand symbol “&” is used for artist separation, it gets replaced with a comma. For example an artist like “2Pac & Eminem” becomes “2Pac, Eminem” when the ampersand is used for artist separation. I would prefer for the ampersand symbol “&” to actually be shown in the artist name rather than the comma, just like it is when the symbol isn’t used for artist separation. Or at the very least have an option for it in the media provider settings.
Problem solved:
When the ampersand symbol is used for separation and it shows as a comma, it messes up lastfm scrobbling. So where previously “2Pac & Eminem” would have had 150 scrobbles on my lastfm account, when artist separation is enabled, a new artist “2Pac, Eminem” would then be scrobbled instead and it would mess up my lastfm library. Other music apps that I’ve tested that support artist separation like Oto music and Namida do not have this issue.
Brought benefits:
I like to keep track of how much I listen to, especially how much music I listen to. Having this issue on Symfonium however means that I would have to either stop taking advantage of the otherwise powerful artist separation in the app or switch back to the aforementioned Oto music and Namida and quite frankly I wouldn’t want to do that. So I’m please begging to add the option to display the ampersand symbol “&” when it is used for artist separation.
Other application solutions:
Oto Music and Namida support this feature. Namida is also open source.
Additional description and context:
Screenshot 1 shows Symfonium with the ampersand symbol “&” in the artist name when artist separation is turned off. Screenshot 2 shows Symfonium with artist separation turned on. Screenshot 3 shows the artist separation in Oto Music with the ampersand symbol showing in the artist name. Screenshot 4 is from lastfm. The first scrobble is from Symfonium with the artist separation turned off, the second scrobble is with artist separation turned on, the third scrobble is from Namida with the artist name showing the ampersand symbol and the fourth scrobble is from Oto Music with the ampersand symbol showing.
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