JJZolx wrote: > The thing I like about actually using an ALBUMARTIST for compilations is > that I can control where those albums end up when albums are sorted by > artist/album or artist/year/album. Do this by using an ALBUMARTISTSORT > tag. They'll still be recognized as compilations and appear under LMS' > "Compilations", if you use that browsing mode. So I tag every > compilation with: > > ALBUMARTIST=Various Artists > ALBUMARTISTSORT=000 > COMPILATION=1
for me, i don't need sort tags at all... i simply use the AA tag for that. in most cases, the AA = the A tag, but for comps or whatever i can use categories like you would find in a record store. iows, the AA tag is for me where i want to find the CD in a AA list. JJZolx wrote: > Make sure you -exclude- the COMPILATION tag for non-compilation albums. > Don't add COMPILATION=0 (although I don't recall offhand what issues it > causes.) agreed. the simple and effective approach is to only use a comp tag=1 for things you want identified as a comp. comp=0 can cause weird issues and if you group all tracks from one CD in one folder (with no other audio files present) u shouldn't need comp=0 tags. JJZolx wrote: > Multi-disc compilations have often caused added headaches if you place > individual discs in subfolders, so be sure to test how LMS handles them. > For example, if you use a directory structure like: > > /compilations > /.. /Some Album > /../../Disc 1 > /../../Disc 2 > > IIRC, the key is to always include DISCNUMBER and TOTALDISCS tags in > these files. > > Or, you can just avoid the issue by placing all tracks from the album in > one folder. If you do that, it's advisable to prepend the disc number to > the filename to keep them in the correct order in a directory listing. in my usage, i don't use disc tags at all. My own personal preference is to put the disc number explicitly in the album title bc I like to see one artwork per cd. If it's a two cd set I do it like this: The Wall (CD1) The Wall (CD2) If it's 3 or more I do it like this: Crossroads (Disc 1) ... Crossroads (Disc 4) This is of course an anathema to some, but I love it, and it gives the same exp in all apps. Also allows me to strip all the various disc frames/fields from the tags. to be clear, i see nothing wrong with using disc tags, but again i like a universal approach and don't like the idea of putting more than one CDs files in one folder. using: win10 64 + lms 8 & duet & ipads w/the logitech app, and ipeng on an ipod http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/various_artists_logic & http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/compilations ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BJW's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58242 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114804 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
