hey all, this page is a disgrace!
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/VariousArtistsLogic i think it needs seriously revamped and just totally rewritten. some info is just insanely wrong, like the user saying the TREAT TPE2 option somehow matters to his FLACs! (maybe he has id3 in them??) so i am suggesting we basically delete everything there, and use something like this, and i am posting here b/c i want people to improve what i'm suggesting, so please help out! proposed: > Squeezebox Server, or Logitech Media Server, both use an internal logic > to determine if something scanned in is a compilation or not. > > This internal logic is only triggered if a given album has one or more > 'artist mismatches' between tracks, and no ALBUMARTIST tags, and no > explicit COMPILATION tags. > > otherwise: > > If a file has explicit 'COMP=1' tags the server recognizes, it will > ALWAYS be classified as a comp/VA album. > > If a file has explicit 'COMP=0' tags the server recognizes, it will > NEVER be classified as a comp/VA album. > > If a file has explicit 'ALBUMARTIST' tags the server recognizes, it > will NEVER be classified as a comp/VA album, UNLESS it ALSO has COMP=1 > tags. > > for id3 files, like mp3 and wma, the comp frame used is either TCMP or > TXXX COMPILATION. TPE2 or TXXX ALBUMARTIST or TXXX ALBUM ARTIST for > ALBUMARTIST values. in the server settings, you want to be sure the > server is "treating" the TPE2 value the way you want it to. (it can > represent either 'album artist' or 'band' but the default is 'album > artist' and tht the de facto standard that all apps use basically, so > thats recommended) > > for FLAC, the field used for comps is just COMPILATION, and ALBUMARTIST > for, you guessed it, ALBUMARTIST. > > be sure to look at the other options in the server for compilation > handling, but strictly speaking, the VA logic is separate from those > other options. the VA logic is essentially covered above, and its > purpose is to just classify something as a comp, or not, to the server. > how that classification is then handled and employed, is a separate > matter. > > please note that if you don't see your comps under Home>Artists>Various > Artists it is due to bug 9523: > > http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9523 > > ...and the best fix for bug 9523 is bug 15604: > > http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15604 > > please show your support and vote for those bugs! -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 & droid (my home) / duet & ipeng (parents' home) - sbs 7.5.5b - win7 ie9 & xp pro sp3 - p4(ht) 3.2ghz, 2gig ram - 1tb wd usb2 raid1 - d-link dir-655 - 49k+ mp3/flac ::VOTE FOR 'BUG 15604' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15604)!!!:: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90064 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
