On 31/08/2015 18:40, Stroller wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 30 August 2015, at 11:46 am, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> There are 3 fields that my algorithm looks at...
>>>
>>> Albumperformer= 'Various Artists'
>>> Performer=      'Various Artists'
>>> Tracktitle=     'Johnny Cash / I Walk The Line'
>>
>> … 
>> It does raise the question of what is the point of the Performer field if
>> it's always the same as the Albumperformer.
> 
> I'm sure the above is wrong.
> 
> I don't know where OP got this metadata from, but I'm sure that "Various" is 
> the right Albumperformer, but "Johnny Cash" should be the Performer field, 
> and the Tracktitle should just be "I Walk The Line".
> 
> Of course everyone is free to label their tracks as they like, but I'm pretty 
> sure that's the way I'd do it.

That's also the way musicbrainz does it. most taggers follow
musicbrainz's lead. It also makes total sense to do it your way


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