Thanks for the tip on the MP3Tag Actions!!! That worked a treat! I created a very simple Action to write the "BAND" tag with the contents of "Album Artist" and tested it before letting it loose on the 7,000 odd tracks, but it worked fine.
After a complete clear and rescan I now have the results I was after when listing "Album, by Artist". The only exception is another oddity that seems to occur with multiple artists on non-compilation albums. SS appears to use the Artist who was tagged on the last track of the album, even if the "BAND" tag is set across all the tracks. The example I found last night was with the two-disc set of Thin Lizzy's Greatest Hits. In the "Album, by Artist" I expected these two to appear right next to each other. However, the first disc was listed in the P's for artists, not the T's. The reason seemed to be that the last track on disc 1 has an Artist tag of 'Phil Lynott', even though all of the other tracks have the "Artist" as 'Thin Lizzy' and the "Album Artist" and "BAND" tags are also set to 'Thin Lizzy'. Changing the "Artist" tag on the final track to 'Thin Lizzy;Phil Lynott' restored the disc to its rightful position among the T's... Both discs had the "Compilation" tag set to zero, and the disc numbering was correct. I'm still trying to get my head around the exact logic used by SS, and what tags may take precedence over others, but things are now arranged as I want them at least, so thanks to all who advised! Regards, Clive -- CliveL ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CliveL's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12180 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39315 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
