Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Tagging .dsf DSD files for LMS (& SB Touch playback)

2022-12-12 Thread Blackfiction
ntom wrote: > Ah thanks. Well that's useful to confirm so must be something to do > with how I am tagging (or the way I am misusing tags)! I'm usually able > to track down tag issues eventually but this has stumped me for the time > being. > > I'll try and reproduce it using my test system &

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Tagging .dsf DSD files for LMS (& SB Touch playback)

2022-12-11 Thread Blackfiction
ntom wrote: > I'm a bit OCD when it comes to tagging but have managed to tag the bulk > of my FLAC rips such that they display in a logical (to me!!) fashion on > the LMS web interface and on the devices themselves. > > 90% of albums are essentially single artist but every now and then >

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Composer superseding Artist?

2021-02-20 Thread Blackfiction
rfunk wrote: > That doesn't make sense to me, since I'm talking about flac files; TPE2 > means nothing there. > > (Besides, all my MP3 files treat TPE2 as band not album artist.) > > At some point I may give up and try to rewrite the handling of flac > artist-like tags to my liking (e.g.

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Composer superseding Artist?

2021-02-19 Thread Blackfiction
rfunk wrote: > I turned on Composer and Band/Orchestra in the second item, which seems > like a likely cause. But I did that so that I can, as the info tooltip > says, have them "in the artists list for browsing and search". I don't > expect them to supersede the artists in the album lists. > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Mastering my tags!

2021-02-11 Thread Blackfiction
jlt1947 wrote: > the following discussion mostly applies to Classical Music libraries > (FLAC, DSD, MP3) and SORT type tags.. > > Hello, > > this seems to be the place (newbie here) for sharing experience, and > wondering about the intricacies of name tag sorts in LMS - Here's my >

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Any recommendations on how to Tag, Manage - Greatest Hits, Best Of. etc (Same Artist)

2021-01-27 Thread Blackfiction
To provide another option; I use the compilation tag for recordings that are either; - from different artists (I leave album artist blank) - from same artist (for example Beatles 1) where the recording is like a best of album (I tag album artist as Beatles). That way, the album shows up under

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Need help with Jazz Genre - Style tagging / organization

2020-05-18 Thread Blackfiction
kappclark wrote: > THX- > > How do you tag a style ? I just can't see how to do it ... Obviously > tagging everything as Jazz makes no sense - I just cannot figure out how > to add a style tag to a track -- what sw allows me to do this ?? In mp3tag I have added a tag called style. In lms you

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Need help with Jazz Genre - Style tagging / organization

2020-05-04 Thread Blackfiction
What I did was looking at several categories used by different websites and created my own list from those; Bop Cool Early / Swing / Big Band Free / Avant Garde Fusion Hard Bop Latin / World Fusion Nu / Smooth / Contemporary Post Bop Vocal On all albums -> genre = Jazz. I use the Style tag to

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Multiple Artist Tags

2019-10-04 Thread Blackfiction
Jeddie wrote: > I have read this thread multiple times and am still confused. > > With the song "Under Pressure" by David Bowie & Queen, how do I get this > song to appear under each artist? > ATM I have Album Artist = Queen and of course it appears under Queen > only. > > My setup; > *

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Band tag in dsf files

2018-12-10 Thread Blackfiction
BJW wrote: > I actually wasn't responding to u, but rather the other poster, who > seems to be suggesting it has been implemented. I don't know if this solves your problem, but - you can tag album artist in most programs like mp3tag - set LMS to use TPE2 as album artist. This will show the

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Band tag in dsf files

2018-12-03 Thread Blackfiction
w3wilkes wrote: > I think your TPE1 and TPE2 are written by your ripper or tag editor. LMS > doesn't write these. The treat TPE2 as band or album artist only affects > how the LMS database is built. I wonder what would happen if you coded > your 2 things as album artist field separated with a

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Band tag in dsf files

2018-12-03 Thread Blackfiction
BJW wrote: > That almost clarifies everything. > > What I still want to know is how u have a separate BAND field that LMS > uses? > > Is it TXXX BAND or...? What app is writing it? I think it is, I’m using mp3tag. I think the band tag is not standard in mp3tag, so I created one. Living:

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Band tag in dsf files

2018-12-01 Thread Blackfiction
BJW wrote: > I'm trying but I don't understand u. > > Can u post some screenshots or something and explain what u do see, vs > what u want to see? Hi BJW, I have the info that I need and it worked. Previous situation: Tags; TPE2=Podger BAND=Brecon Baroque LMS=Treat TPE2 as Band In Mp3Tag I

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Album with multiple years, possible?

2018-12-01 Thread Blackfiction
w3wilkes wrote: > Are you saying that you have coded a different year in each of the CD's > and they have identical album titles and you've set Group Discs to > "Treat multi-disc sets as a single album"? If so it seems like you may > want to set each disc album title to be suffixed with like

[SlimDevices: Ripping] Album with multiple years, possible?

2018-11-30 Thread Blackfiction
I have a question about the new Kate Bush Remastered Part II album. It is an album that is a combination of previous work (Hounds Of Love =cd1, The Sensual World = cd2 and The Red Shoes = cd3). Usually I tag the Year to the year that the music was made. So for example, for cd1, Hounds Of Love, I

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Band tag in dsf files

2018-11-30 Thread Blackfiction
BJW wrote: > To be clear, u mean that TPE2 was recognized as Album Artist, right? > > Bc LMS does not, afaik, populate its DB values twice, meaning TPE2 will > be either Album Artist, or Band, not both, depending on that scan > setting. > > My confusion is that I thought u were looking to

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Band tag in dsf files

2018-11-22 Thread Blackfiction
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

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Band tag in dsf files

2018-11-15 Thread Blackfiction
BosseJ wrote: > Is your problem with the track presentation in the LMS webgui? You seem > to have all the necessary information already encoded in the tags. In my > experience it seems the presentation in the right side, top of page, > is: > 1st line: TITLE ("gränssnitt" in swedish), could be

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Band tag in dsf files

2018-11-12 Thread Blackfiction
BosseJ wrote: > What setting do you have for the TPE2-tag in LMS? In the webgui, see > Settings -> My Music, second item on the page. You can choose between > interpreting the TPE2 as either BAND or ALBUMARTIST. > I don't use tag myself AFAIK, but setting the tag as BAND should resolve > your

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Band tag in dsf files

2018-11-11 Thread Blackfiction
reinholdk wrote: > Mp3tag reads different types of tags. But having > multiple tag versions in parallel time might cause issues. So first > check that mp3tag shows a single tag type for your tracks in its main > window's tag column, for example as "ID3v2.3 (ID3v2.3)". Ok, all tags are ID3v2.3.

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Band tag in dsf files

2018-11-10 Thread Blackfiction
elstensoftware wrote: > DSF most commonly uses ID3 tags. It might be getting confused between AA > and BAND because AA has been de facto stored in the BAND field in ID3v2 > for quite some time. Thanks. Do you know how to fix it? I'm using mp3tag, which I think uses ID3v2 tags... Living:

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Band tag in dsf files

2018-11-07 Thread Blackfiction
Blackfiction wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been experimenting with custom scan and custom browse for my > classical collection. I am using the following custom tag; > > ALLARTISTS=combine ALBUMARTIST|BAND(text= / )|BAND|CONDUCTOR(text= / > )|CONDUCTOR > > For a dsf

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Band tag in dsf files

2018-07-23 Thread Blackfiction
Blackfiction wrote: > Hi all, > > I have been experimenting with custom scan and custom browse for my > classical collection. I am using the following custom tag; > > ALLARTISTS=combine ALBUMARTIST|BAND(text= / )|BAND|CONDUCTOR(text= / > )|CONDUCTOR > > For a dsf

[SlimDevices: Ripping] Band tag in dsf files

2018-07-23 Thread Blackfiction
Hi all, I have been experimenting with custom scan and custom browse for my classical collection. I am using the following custom tag; ALLARTISTS=combine ALBUMARTIST|BAND(text= / )|BAND|CONDUCTOR(text= / )|CONDUCTOR For a dsf album that I have, the tags are as follows; ALBUMARTIST = Rachel

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Classical music tagging in LMS 7.9 -- looking for hints, suggestions, and guidance

2018-01-04 Thread Blackfiction
mherger wrote: > I don't know, really. The documentation of the Audio::Scan module > (https://github.com/andygrundman/Audio-Scan) doesn't mention them. But > there's some code hinting it should be available. > > Could someone, who's got some of those tags in his files, drill down to > the

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Classical music tagging in LMS 7.9 -- looking for hints, suggestions, and guidance

2018-01-01 Thread Blackfiction
Just my 2 cents; Would be great if we could get support for more classical tags, like work. I just started with classical music tagging and I am using this; Album = composer: works; conductor; orchestra; main performer Title = tracknumber - work incl. key, opus number, movement Composer =

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] Orchestra or Band tag

2017-07-03 Thread Blackfiction
I think I figured it out myself; if I tag an orchestra under the Band tag it shows up in LMS. If I tag under the Orchestra tag, it doesn't. Living: SB Touch (edo app & sbooster upgrade) -> Benchmark DAC2 HGC -> Benchmark AHB2 -> ATC SCM19 & Sennheiser HD650 Kitchen: SB Touch -> Audio Pro Addon

[SlimDevices: Ripping] Orchestra or Band tag

2017-07-03 Thread Blackfiction
Just new into classical music. Does it make any difference if I tag an orchestra name in the Band or the Orchestra tag for LMS? All flac files, tagging with mp3tag. Thanks! Living: SB Touch (edo app & sbooster upgrade) -> Benchmark DAC2 HGC -> Benchmark AHB2 -> ATC SCM19 & Sennheiser HD650

Re: [SlimDevices: Ripping] dbPoweramp R14 has been released

2010-09-26 Thread Blackfiction
It's only available during the ripping process. Too bad, because the album art picker and the gd3 metadata are quite good! -- Blackfiction Blackfiction's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20587 View