>> I don't think there should ever be a case of an album having both album >> artist and compilation. > >what if i wanted SC to know something was a compilation? > Add compilation=1. If it is a compilation, it should not have an album artist. By definition, having an album artist means the album is not by various artists, which means it's not a compilation.
Some people prefer to set album artist=Various Artists. i.e. the album is then not a compilation album, it's an album by a made-up artist Various Artists. This would be different to SC's "Various Artist" that is displayed for compilation albums (in that you can change the name in SC for representing compilations). I think that's really naff - another frig. >but that doesn't mean i wouldn't want to identify to SC some albums as >comps. i don't currently, but i might want to go to the effort one >day. and again, other apps also use that info. > Really? I thought you didn't like using non-standard tags in mp3 files. There isn't a standard Compilation tag - you have to enter a custom tag Txxx COMPILATION. >i think it should read and store both equally. why should some data be >more important than other data? > Some things are not sensible to store together. Album Artist is used to prevent compilations, and Compilation=1 is used to represent various artist albums. The two things are incompatible. It's like trying to store Compilation=0 and Compilation=1 together on a single album - it doesn't work. >well, what if i want SC to know something i have with TPE2 data IS a >comp? > If there is one album artist for all songs on an album (in your case defined by TPE2), it can't be a compilation. I mean, what would the point be of setting an album artist, if you don't want it sorted/grouped by that artist, but to appear as a compilation album (listed under Various Artists, or whatever you have SC defined to list compilation albums as)? >> SC didn't sort/group by TPE2 before enhancement 8001, and it still >> doesn't. Enhancement 8001 introduced a mechanism in the scanner for >> getting TPE2 to be stored as Album Artist. SC has always correctly >> sorted/grouped by Album Artist. TPE2 is not mentioned or used anywhere >> in SC, other than in the scanner. It's an important distinction to >> make. > >you are incorect. > In what way? >here is the text of the option, explicitly laid out in SC settings: > >> "Treat TPE2 MP3 tag as Band >> Treat TPE2 MP3 tag as Album Artist" > Yes, that's a scanner setting. The setting is only used by SC when scanning. It defines a mapping from id3v2.3 TPE2 tag to a SqueezeCenter library contributor role. Nothing more. >and besides all that, it isn't necessary in these discussions to >constantly make clear that SC is translating tags into fields in its db >library that it then actually uses to do what it does. its all a given. No, it's not. It is not right to use the term TPE2 everywhere, because it's not right. If I only had OGG Vorbis tags, it would certainly not sort by TPE2. SC always sorts by Album Artist. End of story. The means of getting an album artist is the extra detail, in which it can be sourced from many places. >i need OTHER apps to work. Okay. So do I. >so i need TPE2 defined for all albums. > No, you don't. You only need an Album Artist or Compilation tag for albums that have differing Artist tags, to disambiguate. Phil _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
