Search results are partially incorrect

[lalibela]

I've looked through the Trello and didn't find this anywhere:

When performing a search, you get the results divided up into categories - Artist, Album Artist, Album, Song, Genre etc. (This is very nice, by the way)

Results in the Artist or Album Artist categories seem to be correct, but results will appear in the Album or Song categories even when the search term does not occur in the relevant tag.

For example, searching on the word "Brown" will give these results:

Artist - Havana Brown, James Brown, Ian Brown, Billy Brown etc.   (all correct)
Album Artist - James Brown   (again, correct in my case)
Song - Brown Sugar, Baby Brown, Soul Power, Dolphins Were Monkeys   (...and many more. Some are correct, but Soul Power only appears because the artist is James Brown, and Dolphins Were Monkeys appears because the artist is Ian Brown)

A similar thing happens with the Album search results. Albums which include songs that have "Brown" in the artist name will sometimes appear, even though the album name itself doesn't have "Brown" in the title.

I know for sure all the tags are correct so I'm assuming the search feature must be picking up on tracks where the search term (Brown) appears in the filename, rather than just looking in the relevant tag feld? How it applies this to album results is a mystery.

[GoneMAD]

Jun 4, 2014 4:03:19 GMT -5 lalibela said:

I've looked through the Trello and didn't find this anywhere:

When performing a search, you get the results divided up into categories - Artist, Album Artist, Album, Song, Genre etc. (This is very nice, by the way)

Results in the Artist or Album Artist categories seem to be correct, but results will appear in the Album or Song categories even when the search term does not occur in the relevant tag.

For example, searching on the word "Brown" will give these results:

Artist - Havana Brown, James Brown, Ian Brown, Billy Brown etc.   (all correct)
Album Artist - James Brown   (again, correct in my case)
Song - Brown Sugar, Baby Brown, Soul Power, Dolphins Were Monkeys   (...and many more. Some are correct, but Soul Power only appears because the artist is James Brown, and Dolphins Were Monkeys appears because the artist is Ian Brown)

A similar thing happens with the Album search results. Albums which include songs that have "Brown" in the artist name will sometimes appear, even though the album name itself doesn't have "Brown" in the title.

I know for sure all the tags are correct so I'm assuming the search feature must be picking up on tracks where the search term (Brown) appears in the filename, rather than just looking in the relevant tag field? How it applies this to album results is a mystery.

the categories are not the only field that is searched. Artist/album artist only search those fields, album search searches album artist AND album name, and song search searches artist, album, and song name.

Search is working as intended

[lalibela]

Thanks for the update. I don't really understand why it should be this way though, it's not intuitive. It's actually a really nice feature to have the results in each category presented separately but if the artist/album artist results are shown first, what's the point of duplicating them again lower down in the song results? All this does is to muddy the list with duplicate entries.

- and at the same time, the user has to remember that some categories present unique results whereas other categories suck in additional results from the artist category.

If I'm searching for a song by Havana Brown I'm just going to look in the Artist section. If I want to find "Brown Sugar" by the Rolling Stones I'll know to go straight to the song results. That's intuitive. And I don't then want to have to wade through a lot of "Song" results by James Brown, Ian Brown etc. (of which there are hundreds in my library) in order to find the song I'm after.

Might it be possible to add another category - say, "Title" which only shows results where the search term appears in the Title tag? I would guess this is a relatively simple feature to add, as it doesn't interfere with the current setup. Then the user could easily choose if they want to make the categories distinct.

Having a powerful, customisable search is always a very useful thing in any app.

[GoneMAD]

Jun 4, 2014 10:37:56 GMT -5 lalibela said:

Thanks for the update. I don't really understand why it should be this way though, it's not intuitive. It's actually a really nice feature to have the results in each category presented separately but if the artist/album artist results are shown first, what's the point of duplicating them again lower down in the song results? All this does is to muddy the list with duplicate entries.

- and at the same time, the user has to remember that some categories present unique results whereas other categories suck in additional results from the artist category.

If I'm searching for a song by Havana Brown I'm just going to look in the Artist section. If I want to find "Brown Sugar" by the Rolling Stones I'll know to go straight to the song results. That's intuitive. And I don't then want to have to wade through a lot of "Song" results by James Brown, Ian Brown etc. (of which there are hundreds in my library) in order to find the song I'm after.

Might it be possible to add another category - say, "Title" which only shows results where the search term appears in the Title tag? I would guess this is a relatively simple feature to add, as it doesn't interfere with the current setup. Then the user could easily choose if they want to make the categories distinct.

Having a powerful, customisable search is always a very useful thing in any app.

its how other searches work.. i checked what poweramp/playerpro did when implementing the searches years ago. The reasoning for searching multiple categories is because you can search for multiple terms. What if i want do a search for a specific artist - song? With the current setup the result would pop up in the song section where it can be played instantly. How you propose search to work would involve the user just searching for the artist, and then clicking the artist, and then figuring out which album the song is on and then scrolling through the album to find that song

I can add a search title only to the feature request list

[lalibela]

Yes, it does make sense to allow for multiple search terms too. I guess there are 2 different ways people tend to search: one is to input as much detail as possible and try to narrow down the result by searching those terms in all categories, the other would be to input a short search term in a known category, so you only look for a precise match within that category (in which case you don't want lots of results from other categories because you already know which category you're looking for).

I would think it ought to be simple enough to allow either option in the settings (or both at once - there's no reason you shouldn't choose to have a 'multiple category search' at the bottom of the existing defined categories, as you effectively do right now).

Anyway, thanks for listening, if you can add Title Search to the feature requests list I will be happy with that for the moment.

[GoneMAD]

Jun 4, 2014 15:05:40 GMT -5 lalibela said:

Yes, it does make sense to allow for multiple search terms too. I guess there are 2 different ways people tend to search: one is to input as much detail as possible and try to narrow down the result by searching those terms in all categories, the other would be to input a short search term in a known category, so you only look for a precise match within that category (in which case you don't want lots of results from other categories because you already know which category you're looking for).

I would think it ought to be simple enough to allow either option in the settings (or both at once - there's no reason you shouldn't choose to have a 'multiple category search' at the bottom of the existing defined categories, as you effectively do right now).

Anyway, thanks for listening, if you can add Title Search to the feature requests list I will be happy with that for the moment.

its added on the trello site (although im not sure if my phone has synced up yet since i have no reception in my office)