MrSinatra;290193 Wrote: > i know its a lot of posts, but i already explained this. > > i already have TPE2 tags. they already are the way i need them to be > if SC7 would only use them for sorting, and not just labeling. > > i do not see why i must get yet another program and retag all my stuff > AND all new future stuff. its a pointless and unnecessary extra step. > > if this were simply a case of "island sinatra" then i would do it, but > its not. a lot, if not the majority of the mp3 marketplace is in the > same boat i am in. > > that being the case, SC7 should recognize and respect a "defacto > standard" that affects a lot of people, dare i say, the majority. its > no different than having SC7 respect the much smaller minority of mp3 > users who use the Txxx user defined mp3 fields, but are still a defacto > standard, just of a different type (which are just as non-standard as > using TPE2 as the 'Album Artist' field). > > people do download and try this SC7 stuff out, and if it doesn't work > as they believe (and i agree) they think it reasonably should, then > they'll ditch slim, with nary a complaint to anyone. that should be > avoided at all costs. i want slim to succeed. more purchasers make > this stuff cheaper.
First, respecting the Txxx user defined tag IS NOT the same as mapping an existing tag to a different use. That tag is mapped directly to its intended use; it is not redefined to mean something else internally. The TPE2 tag is also used exactly as it was intended--to display the band information when appropriate (see Snarly's example for how that works). Have you suggested to the good folks at Apple that *their* implementation of ID3 tags is not correct? How about ID3.org--have you tried discussing with them the fact they didn't do a very good job of defining useful tags for anything other than a standard, non-compilation album? Seriously. Do you think they even care that they've made this mess? The mantra that SqueezeCenter should conform to some other application's broken (i.e., not conforming to standards) implementation is getting a bit strident. We may decide to do that, but I don't find the argument that "itunes does it so you should too" to be very compelling. Nor do I think this problem is a significant inhibitor to our success at this point. But rest assured I get the message that you want what you perceive as the "majority" of MP3 files supported the way you think is correct. You may stop flogging that horse now; it's long past deceased. We're looking at what would make sense, given our current user base, our target audience, our product requirements, and our resources. Once I have all the information we need, we'll put together a proposal and gather feedback on it. I'll make sure we get you involved in that process as I'd like to see if we can reasonably accommodate your request without creating an overly-complex user experience or breaking things for other users. -=> Jim -- JimC "well, she wasn't all of that, but she sure was some of that." -- BKlaas' college buddy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JimC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46093 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
