I've been tidying and improving my tags to get rid of some longstanding anomalies and I'd like some advise on how best to handle multiple artist tracks.
I've 22,000 FLAC tracks, tagged with MP3Tag and running 7.3.3. I'm using AlbumArtist to tie albums with guests under a single name (did get fooled by MP3tag band=TPE2 for a while !!) and that works for me (relying also on AlbumArtistSort support being in 7.4). I think I have 3 choices 1. use Artist in long format, e.g. "Johnny Cash with The Heartbreakers" and AlbumArtist as "Johnny Cash". This would show under Cash but not Heartbreakers, but both controller and SB3 will display the full artist as I have typed it. 2. enter multiple Artist tags (using ';' as separator) "Johnny Cash;The Heartbreakers". This would show under Cash but not The HeartBreakers (as I have no discreet albums by them). However the SB3 scrolls this as "Johnny Cash & The Heartbreakers", adding the " & " itself but the Controller only displays the track as by "Johnny Cash" in the "Now Playing" screen, but both artists can be seen in the detail drill down. 3. enter long format (option 1) in the Artist field and multiple artists in "band" tag (like Option 2) and enable "band/orchestra in Artists" check. I hope this would show the track under "Johnncy Cash", "the Heartbreakers" and "Johnny cash with the Heartbreakers" in the Artists list, but only once in the album view (as "Johnny cash"). Both SB3 and SBC "now playing" screens would be as Artist filed. Is this the intended use for 'band', and could/should it be used for Band members? I recognise that there is no 'correct' answer here, but if I get close to the consensus view then I am less likely to need to change with future improvements. It would also cut down on my trial and error as a full rescan takes over 90 minutes so this is a laborious process. I apologise in advance if this is covered somwhere but I couldn't find it in the wiki or obviously in past threads. P.S. is the discrepancy between SB3 and controller a bug/enhancement request. I can't find any configuration options for the controller 'now playing text' - wonder how Touch with IR will handle this? -- DigitalMitch ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DigitalMitch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15999 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67687 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
