bobkoure;263683 Wrote: 
> So... "ALBUMARTIST" is a tag?

Yes, in Flac, Ape, and Ogg.  In MP3 id3v2 tags there is TPE2, sometimes
labeled 'Band' that can be treated as the equivalent of ALBUMARTIST by
SqueezeCenter if you set the option to 'List albums by band' (although
it's a little buggy).

> If both ALBUMARTIST and ARTIST tags, does SC use ALBUMARTIST or ARTIST
> or both?

ALBUMARTIST should take precedence when listing the album in browse
albums sorted by artist name.  Both will be recorded in the database
and both ALBUMARTISTs and ARTISTs should appear in your browse artists
list.

> What about TRACKARTIST - is that a tag, too?

I don't think so.  It's any internal 'role' used by SqueezeCenter and
its use and the circumstances of how it comes about are a bit obscure. 
I think it only comes up on non-compilations with an ALBUMARTIST and
single artists on tracks.

> In answer to an earlier question, my collection is, sadly, a mix of FLAC
> and (done earlier) MP3, with a little OGG thrown in.

Just remember that id3v2 doesn't permit more than one field with the
same name, so you must use a separator character to designate multiple
ARTISTs.  For Flac, Ape and Ogg, the tagging system permits more than
one field with the same name and that's the recommended method of
tagging, although you can still use the separator approach with
SqueezeCenter.

> Anyway, I'm thinking if taking the
> ALBUMARTIST X and Y
> ARTIST X;Y
> approach - but only on albums that I consistently miss because the
> artist I think of the album as being "by" is actually listed second (or
> third), and so I miss it when browsing.

One downside is that if you normally use ARTISTSORT for sorting artists
by last name, there's no ALBUMARTISTSORT tag.  So if you use

ARTIST=Charlie Hayden
ARTISTSORT=Hayden, Charlie

and then you tag this album with

ALBUMARTIST=Charlie Hayden and Pat Metheny

What you'll get is albums by only Charlie Hayden will sort under 'H'
and albums by 'Charlie Hayden and Pat Metheny' will be under 'C'.

If you don't use ALBUMARTIST, then it will be sorted with one or the
other (probably the first in the alphabet - Charlie Hayden).


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