pjs;692745 Wrote: > If we have a compilation album: > > Album: No Alternative > 01. Superdeformed (Artist = Matthew Sweet, Album Artist = Various > Artists) > 02. For All to See (Artist = Buffalo Tom, Album Artist = Various > Artists) > ... > 19. Verse Chorus Verse (Artist = Nirvana, Album Artist = Various > Artists) > > If I browse the Squeezebox by Artist, I definitely do not want to see a > million "Various Artists" under "V". So I think we'd want the > Squeezebox to display "Artist", not "Album Artist" in this case.
You won't see a million artists under 'V', but you will see all of your compilation albums under 'V' and 'Various Artists'. Play with it a while longer and see how it works for you, but it's generally best to not give compilation albums an ALBUMARTIST of 'Various Artists'. It's best to tag them with a COMPILATION=1 field and leave the ALBUMARTIST field off of these albums. It's a _long_ story why, but for now just call it a quirk of how the server handles compilations. > > If we have an artist who has recorded albums under different names: > > Surfing On Sine Waves (Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = Polygon > Window) > Analogue Bubblebath 3 (Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = AFX) > Joyrex J9ii (Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = Caustic > Window) > Rushup Edge (Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = The Tuss) > Richard D. James Album (Artist = Aphex Twin, Album Artist = Aphex > Twin) > > I think I'd prefer to see all this under Aphex Twin, the Artist, since > this makes navigation with the Squeezebox remote much easier. > > In both cases where there's a distinction between Artist and Album > Artist, I think I prefer Artist. Is there a way to make the importer > use the Artist as the key and not Album Artist? > If you tag them like that, the albums will be listed under 'Aphex Twin' when you browse by artist. When browsing artists, an album can appear under many different artists. When browsing albums sorted by artist, however, the album only appears once in the list. If you want it under 'Aphex Twin' then you need to either set ALBUMARTIST to 'Aphex Twin' or else leave off the ALBUMARTIST tag. As you've correctly figured out, ALBUMARTIST takes precedence over ARTIST as the album's artist, both for sorting and for display purposes. > Other for our own personal knowledge, is there ever a time when Album > Artist is useful for tagging music? I really don't care about the fact > that, say, an album was put out by "Frank Black" or "Frank Black and the > Catholics", although I *do* care if it's "Frank Black" or "Pixies". I don't use it like that. I tag all Tom Petty albums with 'Tom Petty', regardless of whether or not he recorded the album with the Heartbreakers. What I do use ALBUMARTIST for is albums that have tracks with guest artists, whether performing by themselves or with the album artist. -- JJZolx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93812 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
