artist view - dont show if less than x songs

deebo · 2008-02-01, 22:03

i personally have lots 'various artists' albums and this totally clutters my artist view

so id like to see a feature to not show artist that have x or less songs in the artist view

or artists that dont have x or more songs in a single album

ie. neither of these
Artist1 - song1 - album1
Artist1 - song2 - album2

would not show up in the artist view

Spragleknas · 2008-02-01, 23:12

sunflower · 2008-02-02, 00:04

Very good idea!!

tomtom21000 · 2008-02-02, 06:55

I also support this and had suggested it once before, but for album view.
As I try to retag all "Best of" albums songs to the original albums, I have a lot of albums with a single track. Same situation apllies to a lot of charts songs. So, I´d like a view for albums with a minimum of x songs to better get hold of my full albums.

tomtom

hwahrmann · 2008-02-02, 09:51

That's what AlbumArtist is for.
Tag all your Charts, Bilboard, etc. Sampler with an AlbumArtist and use that view.
An Artist, which is only part of compilations, will only show up under the AlbumArtist.
If you want to see songs of a particular artist, even if he has only 1 song, then you use the Artist View.

deebo · 2008-02-02, 10:51

hmm tag how exactly?

id3 artist as "ArtistAlbum"?

hwahrmann · 2008-02-02, 13:02

The term AlbumArtist comes from WMP.
Sometimes it is called Band/Orchestra, Original Artist.
it depends on the Tag Editor used.

it is the ID3 TPE2 frame. See here and search for TPE2

pStar · 2008-02-02, 14:07

hi
i'd like to see such a feature too.
right at the moment i'm retagging my mp3 collection so i will try the albumArtist tagstyle. i'm currently using musicBrainz picard. great piece of software but i didn't find any albumArtists tag field option. can you recommend any other tool to tag files with albumArtist field?
regards

hwahrmann · 2008-02-02, 16:19

I use id3-tagit. You can set the AlbumArtist (Band/Orchestra) in the detailed description of the tags.
Also "The Godfather" allows it and i think also Tag & Rename, tough i don't use it.

BTW: MusicBrainz Picard has an AlbumArtist field. Look at the details of one of your tagged songs

pStar · 2008-02-02, 16:56

oh, ok. i see. picard sets it automatically.

thank you

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deebo Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 195 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	artist view - dont show if less than x songs i personally have lots 'various artists' albums and this totally clutters my artist view so id like to see a feature to not show artist that have x or less songs in the artist view or artists that dont have x or more songs in a single album ie. neither of these Artist1 - song1 - album1 Artist1 - song2 - album2 would not show up in the artist view __________________ amd BE2350 / 2GB / 8500gt / terratec diversity / xp sp2

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tomtom21000 Retired Team Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 978 Thanks: 3 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts My System	I also support this and had suggested it once before, but for album view. As I try to retag all "Best of" albums songs to the original albums, I have a lot of albums with a single track. Same situation apllies to a lot of charts songs. So, I´d like a view for albums with a minimum of x songs to better get hold of my full albums. tomtom __________________

2008-02-02, 10:51	#6 (permalink)
deebo Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 195 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	hmm tag how exactly? id3 artist as "ArtistAlbum"? __________________ amd BE2350 / 2GB / 8500gt / terratec diversity / xp sp2

2008-02-02, 14:07	#8 (permalink)
pStar Portal Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 89 Thanks: 4 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	hi i'd like to see such a feature too. right at the moment i'm retagging my mp3 collection so i will try the albumArtist tagstyle. i'm currently using musicBrainz picard. great piece of software but i didn't find any albumArtists tag field option. can you recommend any other tool to tag files with albumArtist field? regards Last edited by pStar; 2008-02-02 at 15:06.

2008-02-02, 00:04	#3 (permalink)
sunflower Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cologne Age: 46 Posts: 80 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	Very good idea!!

2008-02-02, 09:51	#5 (permalink)
hwahrmann Portal Developer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 1,383 Thanks: 2 Thanked 61 Times in 39 Posts Country:	That's what AlbumArtist is for. Tag all your Charts, Bilboard, etc. Sampler with an AlbumArtist and use that view. An Artist, which is only part of compilations, will only show up under the AlbumArtist. If you want to see songs of a particular artist, even if he has only 1 song, then you use the Artist View.

2008-02-02, 13:02	#7 (permalink)
hwahrmann Portal Developer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 1,383 Thanks: 2 Thanked 61 Times in 39 Posts Country:	The term AlbumArtist comes from WMP. Sometimes it is called Band/Orchestra, Original Artist. it depends on the Tag Editor used. it is the ID3 TPE2 frame. See here and search for TPE2

2008-02-02, 16:19	#9 (permalink)
hwahrmann Portal Developer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 1,383 Thanks: 2 Thanked 61 Times in 39 Posts Country:	I use id3-tagit. You can set the AlbumArtist (Band/Orchestra) in the detailed description of the tags. Also "The Godfather" allows it and i think also Tag & Rename, tough i don't use it. BTW: MusicBrainz Picard has an AlbumArtist field. Look at the details of one of your tagged songs

2008-02-02, 16:56	#10 (permalink)
pStar Portal Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 89 Thanks: 4 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	oh, ok. i see. picard sets it automatically. thank you

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