mpete631702 Wrote: > Thanks for the reply, Mark! I do have Mp3tag, so I'll have a closer look > at the tags (which are ID3v2, btw). I'm pretty sure the artist name is > fine -- at least it *looks* just the same as the tag in the other > files, the ones that do show up. > > Will Mp3tag do something like: make all the tags in all my other songs > like the tags in this song? I don't really know how to use the program, > but I hope something like that works. I suspect about 50 discs that I've > ripped recently are affected.
Yes, that's a function I use quite frequently! Sort all the files by clicking on one of the column headers - if the fields are similar they should at least end up together. Click on the first one you want to change and shift+click on the last one you want to change. That selects a group. Then from the left-hand pane select the drop-down for the artist field, which is set to <blank>, <keep> or the text contained in the group. If you see more than one piece of text here, you know the text is not the same for all of them. But by selecting the one you want and saving the tag, they will all be made perfectly identical. > > Frankly it's shocking that SlimServer is so sensitive to the tag issue, > if that's what's going on. "Computers are so danged literal". :-) All it has to go on are the tags. So "Nirvana " (note space) is not the same as "Nirvana" (no space) which is not the same as "nirvana" (no capitalization) which is not the same as "Nervana" (misspelling). All 4 variants may be missed by the average person, but SlimServer will pick it up and classify them separately. > > One last thing: is there an explanation for why I can see the problem > albums through Browse Artist in the web interface but not through > Browse Artist in the player? Do those functions not do the same thing? > Hmm, you got me there. Not only do they do the same thing, they use the same data source. I assume you've tried rescanning using the "Clear library and rescan everything" option? I find the "Look for new and changed music" rarely works for me and I end up with a database in a somewhat confused state. I see you've deleted the database file, but even after I build a database from scratch I have to rescan again just to get everything. -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22471 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
