JJZolx, Thanks for the input, as I mentioned, I know the Discnum is unnecessary, but I believe it is my Zune and its software that likes to try to "fill in the blanks", so I choose not to leave them.
With all my music having essentially a discnumber of 1, it doesn't matter to me, and it is automatic for me in MP3 Tag. I don't use the TITLEFORMAT (in my ignorance, I've never even seen the feature or value before), and I haven't really had any of the ugliness you have suggested elsewhere. This is mostly because I've worked with what works for me and have worked out the ugliness I have seen early on, which is where setting the Discnum field came into being in my setup. I also think I am not too concerned about appearnaces as long as tags are relatively right and organized correctly. i.e. the ugliness in your example isn't something I find ugly. Heck, I am willing to put up with track numbers 101, 102, 103, 201, etc anyway. As for setting files to Read Only, while I've tried this, it is inconvenient when I am often rating my music as I listen to it. The Zune software for some reason thinks that the Discnumber field must be filled in, so it often chooses to fill that in (along with composer sometimes), and unfortunately, its database tends to be flawed with respect to discnumber (inconsistancy in a single album). As it is, I am in the process of separating the Zune from my Squeezebox in terms of media files. I am converting all my media to FLAC and leaving the MP3's for my Zune and any future protable devices I may have. This will allow me to remove the Discnumber field if I determine that it is a problem. I will admit that the replay gain field for albums is not something I fully automate. It is more of a case of using the drop down menu to choose the most conservative result when I am dealing with a multi-disc album. Selecting all tracks on such a set gives you the ability to set all tracks to one of the values present in any one track. Since I am only dealing with the album gain, it is usually relatively easy (and most of those are 2 or 3 disc sets). Setting Replay Gain constant across a multidisk album usually goes with whether I want to combine the discs anyway. I do it when it is concerts, double albums, etc. I am less likely to combine albums into one if the discs are separate albums (i.e. a complete discography), outtakes, etc. Ultimately, I try to use what works for me, and if people are finding difficulties as previous posters have, I suggest what I chose to use for solving the problem. There is nothing like having a lot of perspectives since each person has their own ideal solution. -- emalvick ------------------------------------------------------------------------ emalvick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35382 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85925 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
