Philip Meyer;291771 Wrote: > >So, my solution is to > >use mp3tag and add ALBUMARTIST where I think it makes sense. That > >approach actually has some benefits, since it frees tag BAND to be > used > >for other purposes, like Band or Orchestra, and that helps very much > for > >complex tagging. > Exactly. That is the correct solution - tag things properly. It > doesn't take long to open your whole music collection in mp3tag, and > make it copy the content of TPE2 (BAND) into TXXX ALBUMARTIST. Rescan > SqueezeCenter. > > Problem solved. No frigs, no hacking around in the source code. It > won't break other rubbish applications that misuse BAND as ALBUMARTIST, > so you can continue to use iTunes and WinAmp, but as a bonus > SqueezeCenter will work as you expect, and FooBar will too. > > Phil
Man you are one of those again. Anyway where was I? Oh yes a question for you. You said that one of the problems is that there is no standard for albumartist in the mp3 standards. "There's just confusion over "album artist" for mp3 tracks due to a lack of a standard tag for storing it in id3v2.3 tags. Quite a lot of applications use Band, and report it as album artist, which just makes things very confusing for novices that want to use their music across different applications." If this is correct, and I assume it is as you have said it, then why are you insisting that using band tag as album artist for the lead band of an album is the wrong way? Most programs have accepted this as the standard for representing the lead band. And before you look down and talk down to me from your lofty tower of music knowledge, I'd like you to know that I didn't have to read all of this thread to know that I was using band as album artist. I did it on purpose, imagine that. Incorrigible...yes, ignorant...no. Most programs use it and I surmised that it was the best way to go to be compatible. So in my mind my tags are correct, maybe not for you, maybe not for SB but right for most programs. I would like to know why you think yours is the standard for mp3 implementing if there is no standard. If I'm going to change mine I'd like to make sure it's needed and if SB is planning on an option for people like me before I add another tag to everything. Oh one more thing, if you've already answered all this somewhere else, in these forums, in some other forum, a letter to a fan and it would put you out too much to answer here, just don't answer and I'll be fine. It will hurt, but really I'll be fine. PS: So you consider Mediamonkey and dbpoweramp as rubbish applications? You're going to lose me as fan if you keep this up Phil. -- Nonreality *-If the rule you followed brought you to this, what good is the rule.-* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nonreality's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46093 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
