Hi Guys,

I'm hoping I can get some insight into how people feel about a particular problem I am having when it comes to the creation of a specific library for dance music.

As you may or may not know the genre "dance" covers an absolutely huge amount of sub genres and since I like to listen to particular sub genres at any give time I decided to make myself a jukebox that can extend meta-data beyond what is currently offered. I imagine this system could be built upon to include classical ... but I'm getting ahead of myself.

The issue I am having comes with mixed and unmixed versions of the same track. A song can have different remixes and my system will handle this with grace but this assumes that you have the unmixed version of the track.

For instance if you buy your music of beatport or iTunes you get the unmixed album in songs and then 1 Track that is mixed. This is how most of my music is. But if you buy an album you tend to just get the mix with track markers.

I am wondering if anyone has any bright ideas on how this should be handled. Currently the system recognizes a "track" as an entity that can contain one or more versions (dance audiophiles will appreciate this) . So rather than 5 song entries you have one and then can drill down into the particular version you want.

As my jukebox does not currently understand the concept of albums these mixed tracks, usually from Cd's would sound strange. I was thinking of having a further drill down that would give the "single" and album mix versions and an option to "smart" play albums.

So after reading this I am wondering, does that sound good or how would you do it!