I do the same thing as Gary. I set a COMPILATION=1 tag on all compilations and leave it out of files that are on non-compilations. I also do something similar with a test server I run where I can experiment with a small library of 100 or so albums. Change settings, change tags, run a quick rescan and see what happens.
SlimTrigger;564210 Wrote: > 1. The Wiki indicates that the COMPILATION tag is supported by SBS for > FLAC files. Can you please tell me what values SBS is looking for in > that tag? Is it "0" vs "1"? Is it "YES" or "NO"?? Or something else? 1 and 0. Oddly, there are subtle differences in how artists are treated using COMPILATION=0 vs. leaving the COMPILATION tag off altogether. I recommend not using it for non-compilations. Marking COMPILATION=1 on compilation albums does no harm, but isn't necessary. Using COMPILATION=0 is only needed for albums that would otherwise be detected as compilations. You can accomplish pretty much the same thing by adding an ALBUMARTIST to those albums. With an ALBUMARTIST designated, and no COMPILATION tag, the album won't be treated as a compilation. The only place that a COMPILATION=1 tag is absolutely necessary is on multi-disc compilation albums. The server logic has a hard time with these and has a tendency to see the individual discs as coming from different albums. > 2. In SBS Server settings there is the choice to "List compilation > albums under each artist" vs. "Group compilation albums together". For > FLAC files, does SBS execute this based on the values in the COMPILATION > tag? No. What this setting does is affect the artist list that you see when browsing artists. If you 'group compilations' then all of the artists that appear on compilations will be left out of the artist list and you'll have a single 'Various Artists' entry under which compilation albums will appear. If you 'list albums under each artist' then all of those artists with only one or two tracks on some compilations will appear. It just cleans up the artist list. > If there is no COMPILATION tag, is the choice you make irrelevant? No, it's not irrelevant. Albums will still be marked as compilations if Squeezebox Server sees different artists appearing on the tracks that make up the album. > 3. In SBS Server settings there is the choice to "List albums by all > artists for that album" vs. "List albums by band". > a. Does SBS execute this based on the values in the COMPILATION tag? > I would assume that, for FLAC files, only those albums NOT considered a > COMPILATION would be considered in executing this, otherwise #2 above > would overlap/conflict with #3 here. Am I on the right track? Sort of, but as explained above albums will be considered as compilations with or without the COMPILATION tag. The only thing I've ever seen this setting do is that for compilation albums, an album listing will show all of the artists on the album (in the web interface it's truncated and ... is added). I'm not sure why you'd ever want that, so it seems to me that you'd always want it set to list by band. > b. Does "List albums by band" execute based on values in the BAND tag, > or will it also look to ALBUMARTIST tag? (Again, asking for FLAC files) I'm not sure. I never use the BAND tag. > 4. In SBS Server settings there is the choice related to TPE2 MP3 tags. > Can I assume that this option is N/A for FLAC files?? Again, I'm not positive, but it may then treat BAND in FLAC files the same as ALBUMARTIST. -- JJZolx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80683 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
