I had the same problem with another Windows tagging app and Logitech Media Server running on a Linux NAS - I was baffled as well. I noticed in the left pane of LMS my manually tagged MP3s would show 'No Artist' in the third row when viewing a playlist with the manually tagged file, but in other places the Artist would display correctly. I also noticed that browsing by Album would bring up some strange displays compared to other MP3s.
In my tagging app, when I set the Artist, it would create a TPE2 frame (ID3v2.3) with the Artist name. In LMS 'Settings | My Music' there is an option to 'Treat TPE2 MP3 Tag as Album Artist". The default is to treat it as 'Band'. Here is the pop-up Help display for that item: -The MP3 tag format does not provide a standard way of defining an Album Artist. Some MP3 tagging tools use the TPE2 field for Album Artist (iTunes, Winamp, Windows Media Player) while others may use it for the intended meaning of "Band/orchestra". Select the meaning you would like Logitech Media Server to use. Changing this setting will start a rescan of your music library.- Changing that option fixed my Now Playing List! Apparently, LMS is not consistent is which frame it uses in different parts of the Web interface and if you have no Album Artist, then it doesn't display anything in the lower half of the Now Playing list. With a quick search I was unable to determine if Vortexbox is running LMS or not, but check your settings and see if you have my option above and let me know if that works for you as well. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MCQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65020 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107765 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
