JulianL Wrote: > Wow. Thank goodness for search. This was exactly my question. I have a > few follow-ups though: > > 1) This thread was left hanging. JJZolx asked if the ARTISTSORT is > SlimServer specific. Is it? > > 2) I hope this one is rhetorical, but just so I make sure I've > understood correctly.... I assume that if a track doesn't have the > ARTISTSORT (AS) tag set then the Artist tag is used to sort but, if the > AS tag is set, then its value is used in place of the Artist tag for > sorting. Is this correct? Does this sort order affect all browsing > functions, e.g. if I have tracks from an album with Artist tags "David > Bowie" and with AS tags "Bowie, David" then all my David Bowie stuff > will show up under "B" when I do browse by artist but, when I play > something, the Now Playing info will show as "David Bowie". Is all this > correct? > > 3) Does capitalisation matter in tags, i.e. does it have to be all > capitals? > > On a related note, how do tags work in FLAC/Slimserver? Do FLAC files > allow for the embedding of ID3 tags or is there some seperate tag > format for FLAC? If both alternatives are possible then which is > SlimServer using? Is ARTISTSORT a FLAC tag or an embedded ID3 tag?
2) Yes, that's how it works. ALBUMSORT works similarly. I've played with ALBUMSORT, entering [Year] [AlbumName] to get albums to sort chronologically when browsing artists. This works great, but then browsing albums or artwork, albums end up in Year/AlbumName sort order. Odd, perhaps, but having them in name order isn't any more useful for me. 3) For vorbis tags, apparently the tag name itself can be upper, lower, or mixed case. The values of tags are also case insensitive: Smith = smith = SMITH. They're stored in the SlimServer database in all caps. -- JJZolx Jim _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
