MrSinatra;290087 Wrote: > if the TPE2 tag was empty, then i would expect SC7 to use TPE1 to sort, > (which is what it does now with my stuff, unless its a VA album or an > album it THINKS is VA)
Sure, eventually it may or may not display TPE1 if the file is an MP3. If it is not an mp3, it will never display TPE1. But that is not what you said. You said: > > "You can choose what artist or tag information to use to show what > artist an album is by. The firts choice uses TPE1 tags, the second > choice uses TPE2 tags. (TPE2 is also known as "Band" or "Album Artist" > in some other software)." That does not describe what it does. 'useBand' unset (default): 1) use ALBUMARTIST if ALBUMARTIST (again, not TPE1.. not even ARTIST) 2) (bunch of other stuff dependent on the compilation settings and how compilations are grouped) 'useBand' set: 1) use ALBUMARTIST if ALBUMARTIST (again, not TPE1.. not even ARTIST) 2) if BAND set, use BAND 3) (bunch of other stuff dependent on the compilation settings and how compilations are grouped) Describing this in help information as applying to TPE1, TPE2 or any id3 specific name is wrong. It applies, again, to all filetypes, even those that do not have TPE1 or TPE2 fields. It also is incorrect in that it ignores the role of ALBUMARTIST, which effectively overrides this setting if it is set. As for: > (which is what it does now with my stuff, unless its a VA album or an > album it THINKS is VA) Use of the 'COMPILATION' tag (or the non-standard iTunes TCMP) will let it figure how you want it to handle a given compilation album. (Ie, the Sonny Bono album above, I want it filed specifically under Sonny Bono. On an album like "Original Jazz Masters" I might it listed under VA.) A decent tag editor lets me tell SC how to file these two albums, and to handle them in entirely different manners. Winamp/WMP/iTunes are not decent taggers. (Though, ironically, iTunes would let you set the compilation flag as you desire, even if you think it sucks for everything else.) Find a good tagger that lets you do everything you need so you don't have to switch between taggers to accomplish anything. (How long would it be before you tossed the PC out the Window if Word did Bold but not Underline and WordPerfect did Underline but not Bold, so you had to keep switching between two pieces of software to write as you wished? A good tagger should let you tag what you want, setting sort orders, lyrics, as well as compilation, etc.) -- snarlydwarf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46093 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
