auster;636157 Wrote:
> Thank you all for your responses.
>
> All of these files are m4a files.
I believe m4a files do utilize the field item separator, if it's
defined. In the web interface, Go to Settings > My Music > 'Separator
for Multiple Items in Tags' and see whether anything is defined, or if
it's blank. I'm going to assume it's defined as a semi-colon (";").
> I am about to giving up because I just can't get this work at all.
I think there are a couple of things to understand:
- Squeezebox keeps _one_ record in its database for any contributor
name. And that record has exactly one sort string in the database. It
doesn't matter how many albums or tracks or how many different ways
you've defined the sorting for the contributor name - in the end, you
end up with only one way of sorting any given name.
- Whenever Squeezebox Server sees a namesort field (like ARTISTSORT
or ALBUMARTISTSORT) that differs from the contributor name, it stores
it in the database for that name.
- When you have multiple items in ARTIST or ALBUMARTIST, you should
have multiple items in the corresponding sort field, or no sort
string at all. Otherwise the sort string will be used for all of the
names.
- You can define multiple ALBUMARTISTs, but the results are somewhat
unpredictable. Squeezebox Server will join the names in the display,
but they may not be joined in the order that you would like. I think
it may join them alphabetically, but I'm not certain.
So, you might try the following
>
> ALBUM=Waltz For Debby
> ARTIST=Monica Zetterlund with Bill Evans
> ARTISTSORT=Zetturlund, Monica
> ALBUMARTIST=Monica Zetterlund;Bill Evans
> ALBUMARTISTSORT=Zetturlund, Monica;Evans, Bill
>
> ALBUM=The Greatest!! (Count Basie Plays Joe Williams Sings Standards)
> ARTIST=Count Basie with Joe Williams
> ARTISTSORT=Basie, Count
> ALBUMARTIST=Count Basie;Joe Williams
> ALBUMARTISTSORT=Basie, Count;Williams, Joe
>
> ALBUM=The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings
> ARTIST=Tony Bennett & Bill Evans
> ARTISTSORT=Bennett, Tony
> ALBUMARTIST=Tony Bennett;Bill Evans
> ALBUMARTISTSORT=Bennett, Tony;Evans, Bill
>
In the above, wherever you have more than one ALBUMARIST, you also have
more than one ALBUMARTISTSORT (separated by semi-colons). But again, due
to having more than one ALBUMARTIST for these albums, the results may
not be what you expect. As explained in my previous post, I recommend
using _one_ ALBUMARTIST and multiple ARTIST fields.
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