thomsens;196752 Wrote: > I use EAC's front end and let it get the CD info from freedb. I've > tried both putting Various Artists in the CD Artist option of EAC and > have also used the Various Artists option button. The problem with the > VA option is that I've seen it do something slightly different on each > disc. In any case I can't see any option for "collection" tag...unless > hitting the Various Artists button does that. > > I've used Tag & Rename in the past to clean up tags. This is an > option, but I obviously prefer to get it as correct as possible during > the initial rip...especially during the rip marathon. I'm beginning to > think collection discs are just going to be more challenging. Without question. They always take me more work getting the artists sorted out.
Now I understand what you're doing. You haven't actually added any ALBUMARTIST tags. So no need to remove any. If you've used EAC's Various Artist tagging then you shouldn't have to retag the files. If you haven't been using it for compilation albums, then you'll probably have to fix the ARTIST tags in Tag & Rename and run a clear/rescan. In EAC your only hope is to use the Various Artists tagging convention. When you check off the 'Various Artists' checkbox, the titles are then interpreted as as ARTIST/TITLE. Be aware that you can _edit_ the information returned from the public database. EAC tags VA albums correctly just so long as the data is correct. I find myself editing something in at least 1/2 of the albums returned from freedb, whether it's bad artist name spelling, incorrect album title, incorrect track titles, whatever. It definitely takes some attention to detail, and some time. If your compilation albums' tracks have different ARTIST tags (double check in Tag & Rename), then SlimServer should correctly see these albums as compilations. By using the "Group compilation albums together" option they should appear under 'Various Artists' when you Browse by Artist. -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34616 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
