Klaus Zeitler;523351 Wrote: > Hello, > I played a bit more with the database generation and from what I can > see > there are 2 ways to make sure that the database is sorted properly > (i.e. the > way I want the artists to be sorted): > 1. remove all the MUSICBRAINZ_SORTNAME from each file. > 2. make sure that all files also contain a properly written SORTNAME > tag. > > I made a few tests and it looks as if always the SORTNAME is taken when > I > have both tags, i.e. a MUSICBRAINZ_SORTNAME and a SORTNAME tag. > > I guess I can handle both cases with a shell script fairly easily, > though > removing is certainly easier. > > Currently I don't see any problem in removing the MUSICBRAINZ_SORTNAME > all together but maybe I'm missing something. Might I need that some > time in the future? Any recommendations? > >
That's really up to you. I personally like having the sorts set to what I think is correct order (the way they would be filed in a record store). If you don't like that, then it's -best- to set sort tags on how you want things (ie, is '21st Century Schizoid Band' under '2' or 'T'?) or you can let the defaults take over, but make sure you don't override the defaults in ways you don't like. > > Not sure I understand the implications. Does that mean that the SBS > might > ignore my ARTIST tags and use the ALBUMSORT in some cases? If so, > when? > > You're confusing the sorts. ARTISTs are sorted based on ARTISTSORT (or MUSICBRAINZ_ARTISTSORT and perhaps there is an id3 tag for that, too...) ALBUMS are sorted based on ALBUMSORT (or music... etc) Both have defaults which are derived: if no ARTISTSORT is provided, words in the article list (defaulted to 'the', 'los' etc) are stripped from the beginning of the name and the name is folded to upper case. The Beatles will then sort into the B's. Again, if you don't like this, you will have to change your SORT tags so they don't take on the default. -- snarlydwarf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75495 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
