>I don't know if this is a private argument No, join in. There was a history of long drawn out "conversations" between me and Mr. Sinatra. It would be nice for someone else to join in.
>I parrot the argument that whilst SC may use a much better, more >elegant, super logical approach to the Album Artist tag > SC is exactly the same as any other app. The confusion [that this sub-thread is talking about] is to do with compilation tags, and their effect on Album Artist. If you don't want compilation albums, don't add non-standard compilation tags to your mp3 files and you've got nothing to worry about. >the fact is I just want it to work like the other applications I've used. > Album Artist tags do work like any other app. You don't need to have compilation tags. The caveat to that is that SC by default reads the mp3 Band/Orchestra tag as if it contains Band/Orchestra data. That's the standard, and that's important for people with Band data or Classical music collections. It also supports an Album Artist tag for mp3, so people who tag in that way can have the best of both worlds. For people who want backwards compatibility with other less capable apps, there's an option to read the Band tag as if it is also Album Artist. This caveat only applies to mp3 id3v2.3 tags, as most other tagging formats have proper album artist tags. >Just show me a list of all the contents of my Album Artist tags (I bet you >can't >find another similar application that doesn't do exactly that). > I have seen many apps that don't. The biggest example I can think of is iTunes, because it expands track artists into the list when browsing by artist too. Personally, I hardly ever browse my whole collection by album, and never sort albums by album artist when I do. If I want to find by artist and then album, I browse by artist, and then drill down into albums for that artist. It's essentially the same as browse albums, sorted by album artist, but more hierarchical, and quicker to pull back data to the screen and also faster to find things. Browsing by artist can also include that artists normal albums, and any compilation album that the artist appears on as a contributor. It's so much nicer that way, and faster too. But SC does allow you to browse all albums ordered by artist (using album artist if there is one defined for the album) for people who prefer browsing a long flat list of albums. Phil _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
