MrSinatra;639354 Wrote:
>
> one other thing that seems to keep getting mentioned in this thread...
>
> a file can only have an AA tag, and an Artist tag. there is NO SUCH
> THING as a "track artist" tag. the artist tag IS the track artist
> tag.
>
> so why does SBS define three roles for two tags? can someone explain
> that?
>
> surely whatever the reason is, if any, can functionally be achieved
> without doing so?
>
Track artists is something specific to SBS, basically ARTIST tags
sometimes produce an "artist" entry in the database and sometimes a
"track artist" entry. You can find a clue when it happens in my
previous post from yesterday that described the behavior of Album1,
Album2, Album3, Album4, Album5.
No one really knows why it's needed but I personally suspect they
exists to store less data during scanning and save some space on disk.
The problem is just that it results in more complex browsing logic so
I'm pretty sure it would be better to just have two roles in the
database even if it means the database would contain a bit more roles.
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