jim, just to be clear i am using Snarly's convention of caps = SC7 internal tags.
JJZolx;290027 Wrote: > One thing about ALBUMARTIST is that it's an _album_ tag, whereas BAND is > more like ARTIST and can differ from track to track. So imagine: > > TRACKNUMBER=1 > ARTIST=Frank Sinatra > BAND=Tommy Dorsey Orchestra > ALBUMARTIST=Frank Sinatra > > TRACKNUMBER=2 > ARTIST=Frank Sinatra > BAND=Nelson Riddle Orchestra > ALBUMARTIST=Frank Sinatra let me be clear... i have TPE2 tags. i do NOT have Txxx user defined ALBUMARTIST tags. so my mp3s have nothing by standard to indicate ALBUMARTIST. and so SC7 has ALBUMARTIST as blank i'd imagine. however, since i tag using programs like winamp, TPE2 is essentially album artist as far as my mp3s are concerned (meaning outside of SC7 since thats the defacto standard) in other words, i don't use TPE2 "properly" (by standard) and neither do most people. but the reality is what it is, and most people are ignorant of the standard b/c programs do in essence "lie" to them. the point is a lot of us use it this way, and some of us don't so i say simply give SC7 an OPTION that accomodates EITHER way. that would keep it from being a problem for people who use the TPE2 tag properly and don't want to use it to sort. JJZolx;290027 Wrote: > Is this a compilation album? (I'd say No, but if you look at the BAND > field you might want to say Yes.) What is the album's BAND if we > wanted to sort albums by BAND? various artists logic does not go by TPE2 as far as i know. meaning, SC7 calls something VA if there is disagreement between TPE1 fields on the same album. it might also use TPE2 if all the TPE2 fields specifically say certain terms like "Soundtrack" or "Various Artists" but i can't say that for sure. point is, i am not looking for SC7 VA logic to start looking for differentiation in the TPE2 field. JJZolx;290027 Wrote: > If we were viewing tracks, say in a grid, like so many popular programs > use, then sorting by BAND makes sense. At the track level you can sort > by just about anything you like. not sure what you mean here. -- 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=46093 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
