MDE wrote: > Just been looking at this in the new release. Composer is displayed in > the album header OK. However, (1) if the album is a classical album and > there is only one artist but several composers and no album artist, it > gets treated like a compilation whereas it should be attributed to the > sole artist as Titled Artist. Also, (2) if there is an album with only > one artist (set as Artist tag) and composer (set as Composer) and I set > the Album Artist to be the artist, then the composer does get displayed > below the header in the album view, but as "Composer: > composername/artistname"; in other words it is treating the artist as if > they were a composer. It should just display "Composer: composername", > or maybe "Composer: composername Artist: artistname" if there is a > different artist to the Album Artist. I suspect this all derives from > trying to treat composers as artists for classical albums: this is a > great idea but obviously gets a bit more complex as you try and fine > tune it. > The work-round I have to (2) is to name the artist as "performer" and > "album artist" and to leave "artist" blank. This then displays > "Composer: composername Performer: artistname" The conclusion I derive > from both (1) and (2) is that with Muso as it is currently designed, if > you want a classical (performer) artist to appear as the Titled Artist, > it is best to name them as Album Artist and Performer and to leave the > Artist tag blank. Otherwise, leave Album Artist blank and name them as > Artist. This displays the artist on the SB touch either way round, > although I'm not sure that all player software does this. Whether this > is the right answer or not, I don't know. It would be nice if it was a > tad more intuitive; also, if you change your mind and remove the artist > from Album Artist, they will only appear as a performer which will not > appear on the player. Nevertheless, the main thing as far as I'm > concerned is that a logical and consistent approach is taken by Muso and > that the user is not faced with frequent re-tagging in order to optimise > the display.
(1) I think that's the situation I already address in 1.5.07 (2) Not sure I understand regarding the display of "Composer: composername/artistname", could you post a screenshot? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jezbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9888 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91575 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
