bump, album artist is something I really can't give up on, hope it gets fixed/implemented soon

+1 to this feature request.

+1 to this feature request.

I guess this is the same: https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/topic/776/prevent-automatic-collection-update

@robertklsz Sounds like a good idea to me.

@rlkeeney You can backup based on checksums or other attributes aside from modification time. Or use a filesystem like ZFS that allows snapshot-based backups, which makes the whole thing irrelevant.

But regardless, this is why I asked for an option to preserve modification time, not making it the default / sole behavior. I'm sure there are a lot of users that prefer the behavior as-is, or have workflows based around the current behavior like you described. But having an option to preserve timestamps for those of us that prefer that behavior would be appreciated.

@mutt765 yes to be able to sync youtube playlist with your account would be nice

@nitro322
Hello, Yes, this is right ^^

It's just for practicality / speed ...

@kangaroo5496 I second this!

I'm trying to find a replacement for Amarok where, for what it's worth, I have a dynamic playlist that roughly does:

Match all sequentially: The next track from the album else: Match any: tracknumber = 1 and playcount < 9 and (playcount = 0 or lastplay > 4m)

So, it adds the next track in the album and, when the last one it reached, it finds a new "track 1" that has been played less than 9 times, and the last time more than 4 months ago. This avoids too much repetition (which could happen with random selection), and gives some priority to less played albums (e.g. when I add a new one to the collection). Once the list is empty (because there's no album that satisfies the conditions), I just increase the "9" to "10" and listen to my whole library again!

From a quick look at Strawberry, it seems a few things are missing to arrive to that flexibility, but I don't lose hope.