JJZolx;290171 Wrote: > Sounds like the following is needed (my apolgies to Mr Sinatra if he > already stated this, but I gave up on trying to sift through all those > very long replies quite a while ago):
i hope you at least read all my replies to YOU. i do apologize for seemingly taking over the thread, but i think everyone deserves a response (if there is a constructive purpose in my giving one) and i do want this issue solved, in other words, i'm motivated to get this done this time. JJZolx;290171 Wrote: > First, there's something we'd have to come to agreement on: There just > isn't a whole lot of use for _displaying_ BAND as the byline for an > album when you're not also sorting by that name. I can't see anyone > wanting/needing this behavior with Flac/Ogg/Ape files when they have > the ALBUMARTIST tag readily available. thats essentially my POV, altho maybe Snarly can show where it might be useful? but maybe not, since you'd already have other methods available to you. still i think this functionality is probably best left as is, and a new, wholly separate second option is added to do the sort function. JJZolx;290171 Wrote: > So... > > > - We clarify the option to mean: Use id3v2 tags' TPE2 (Band) to be > equivalent to AlbumArtist in Mp3 files. Move it out from under the > 'Compilation' heading. I would suggest creating maybe an 'Mp3 > Tags' heading, or possibly a 'Scanning Options' heading or page. > So the option would no longer refer to using the BAND role for > display purposes. It would designate how to treat a certain Mp3 > tag. > - When the option is set, map TPE2 directly to the ALBUMARTIST > role. When not set, leave it as BAND. > - Permit sorting of albums by BAND in the manner suggested > (somewhere) previously. By using a hierarchy of ALBUMARTIST, BAND, > VA, ARTIST(s) when determining the album's primary contributor. > > > > > I believe this is the approach suggested by Philip in 'bug 6490' > (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6490). It permits you > to maintain contributor roles of both BAND and ALBUMARTIST except > when needed for dealing with TPE2 tags. again, i would simply leave the function alone, meaning leave it as is, and go for adding a second option: either 1. sorting by SC7 BAND tag or 2. at scan time, have SC7 map TPE2 tags to SC7s internal ALBUMARTIST field. -- 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
