snarlydwarf;289360 Wrote: > "Most programs"? > > I am not sure that is correct. > > Those who use Picard, for example, get (usually) correct ALBUMARTIST. > (It does tend to break down on Classical, where TPE2 would be > Orchestra.) My usual ripper, abcde, doesn't set the tag at all. Nor > does a typical usage of EAC.
i admit, i've never heard of Picard. (that leads me to question its market share) however, i know itunes and winamp and WMP and musicmatch and some others all use TPE2 on mp3s as band or album artist interchangeably. i'd bet quite a few more do as well. the point is that whether they call it band or album artist, they are reading and editing the TPE2 field of a mp3. as to what rippers do, i must admit that i don't know if EAC sets a TPE2 field for a mp3 (using lame 3.96 or later) or not. i typically have WMP open at the same time i rip to get the artwork and it is instructed to fill in any tags that are otherwise empty if it can, so maybe thats how i got my TPE2 fields, (or maybe not). but i then fix any bad tags with winamp. and i don't see what it matters anyway. who cares how the fields get populated, the point is i have TPE2 fields, as do many others, and SC7 should use them properly. do you disagree with that? snarlydwarf;289360 Wrote: > I have mp3's. It doesn't affect me. Therefore "any and all mp3 users" > is incorrect. Please do not overstate. gimmie a break. ok, so you have mp3s, but WHY doesn't it affect you? is it because you simply don't care? or are you saying the problem doesn't exist? or are you saying you have found a workaround for it? my point imo remains valid. if the issue exists, and i believe it does, it AFFECTS ALL MP3 users, whather they know it or not, whether they care or not. u don't have to be aware of it or care about it, to be part of an affected population. now if you are saying the problem doesn't exist, that would be something else. but from what i can tell it does exist and i don't think thats what you mean. (and if you found a workaround, it affected you to have to do that, didn't it?) snarlydwarf;289360 Wrote: > It helps me. I use TPE2 sometimes, but not for ALBUMARTIST. well that goes without saying since SC7 or ANY version of SS i have ever used (3-4years worth) has ever sorted by my TPE2 tags, by making them ALBUMARTIST tags. so anyway, basically b/c you found another unintended use of the TPE2 field since SC7 does not use it properly, you think thats a valid thing to enforce on others? in other words, it shouldn't be fixed b/c of your convienence? i'm just rying to understand your point, please explain it to me. snarlydwarf;289360 Wrote: > As for Winamp: > > (current version changelog): > * Improved: [pmp_usb] Added AlbumArtist support to Naming Convention > > v5.51 shows: > * Improved: [in_mp3] Support for reading ALBUM ARTIST field if TPE2 not > present > > Perhaps you should upgrade. i always use the newest version of winamp and always have. (currently 5.53) i admit i don't know what winamp means by those entries, but i fail to see what it means here, (since i am using the newest as is). -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 (primary) / SBR (secondary) / Jive - w/SC 7.0.1beta - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - D-Link DIR-655 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45457 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
