>EAC is itself not common. WMP, Winamp, iTunes, and most others are far >more common, and all assign/write an album artist value by default >assuming their online DB has one, which in my exp most of the time they >do. (not 100% sure about iTunes, but I think its true, or maybe just >via auto-tagging) > Well, actually they write a TPE2 tag frame. I use this in its intended form for Band/Orchestra, and use a custom tag ALBUM ARTIST only where necessary. But I delete any superfluous Album Artist tag, as most apps seem to assume the artist is the album artist if it is not set, and it is easier to maintain if I don't duplicate tags.
>Philip Meyer wrote: >> It's crazy that a list of album artists currently needs logic to take >> album artists and artists but not if the album is a compilation. > >can u explain further? I think I know what u mean but I want to be >sure. > An album that has an album artist defined contains songs with track artist contributor roles. An album that doesn't have a defined album artist, contains songs with artist contributor roles. The list currently contains album artists (explicitly tagged), and regular artists (artists involved on an album where there is no album artist tag). But when the scanner determines that an album is a compilation and manually sets the album artist, it still creates artist roles, not track artist roles for the songs. Therefore extra logic is required to ignore atist roles if the album is a compilation. >> Yes, this would at least contain awkward decision logic to one place in >> the code, to be easier to maintain. > >I agree, but I am unclear on this. doesn't server ALREADY set an AA >value on everything, one way or the other? > Albums that the scanner detects as being a compilation are not given an album artist. The songs have artist roles, not track artist roles. _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
