BJW wrote: > So I'm actually the person who convinced slim that they needed the > option to treat TPE2 as Album Artist at scan time, and as the default. > > This is bc virtually all software handles TPE2 this way, most don't even > give a choice. Whatever u do, I would suggest you don't mess with > that. > > It is unfortunate, bc 1. It is out of spec, and 2. there is no well > supported workaround to have explicit band tags in id3 based files. > > That is the de facto reality however. > > So if u want BAND values represented in ur id3 files, but separate from > AA values, u really only have two choices: > > 1. Create a custom tag per spec like this: > > TXXX BAND > > ...but idk if server does or can support that frame. > > 2. Hijack another field. > > There are doubtless other id3 fields u don't use, but are supported by > ur software. Yes it's a kludge and might be hard to fully expose or > implement but imo its probably the best solution.
Thanks, this worked for me. TPE2 as Album Artist, rescan, and the existing BAND tag was recognized by LMS. Living: Ultrarendu -> Benchmark DAC2 HGC -> Benchmark AHB2 -> ATC SCM19 v2 & Sennheiser HD650 Kitchen: SB Touch -> Audio Pro Addon T10 gen2 Kids rooms: SB Booms Bedroom: SB Boom & SB Radio Controls: iPeng & LMS via internet Server: Windows 10 with LMS 7.9.2 Spare: 2 SB Touch, 1 SB3, 1 SB Radio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Blackfiction's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20587 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109265 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
