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<blockquote data-quote="jameson_uk" data-source="post: 798111" data-attributes="member: 11220">To answer one specific question, MP does have a bit of a workaround in [code]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; if (!tag.HasAlbumArtist)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; {&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; tag.AlbumArtist = tag.Artist;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; }[/code]so the artist tag will be used if no album artist tag is present which I guess was put there to get around the fact that people do not always tag their music correctly.Going back to basics though and ignoring what is tagged, how do you want to browse your tracks as this is what we really need to understand (it does appear you want to browse different tracks in different ways)?It sounds like for some albums you want to goAlbum Artist | Album | Disc# |Tracksbut for samplers you want to do something different (not sure how you want to browse these) and for DJ Mixes you want to goAlbum | DJ | TracksThere is no DJ tag so you can't do that, neither can you browse different tracks in different ways in the same view.If you were to tag mixes and compilations with a various artists tag and add the DJ as the composer then you could have a view ofAlbum Artist | Album | Composer | Disc# | Tracksand skip single values for Composer and Disc #This would then allow you to play from the album level to play the whole mix or play DJ A's tracks from the composer level etc but this would also work for standard albums with only a single (or no) composer tag as that level would be skipped.The implementation of tags varies massively between different players and trying to keep your music player agnostic is not always possible.&nbsp; That said, almost every player I have used expects (or copes well with) having a &quot;Various Artists&quot; album artists for compilations (which is what I was trying to say badly before)...Unfortunately ID3 is very generic hence players interpret different tags as different things and in different ways...&nbsp;&nbsp; just look at the rating tag... I think this is possibly dealt with differently by almost every single player.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jameson_uk, post: 798111, member: 11220"] To answer one specific question, MP does have a bit of a workaround in [code] if (!tag.HasAlbumArtist) { tag.AlbumArtist = tag.Artist; }[/code] so the artist tag will be used if no album artist tag is present which I guess was put there to get around the fact that people do not always tag their music correctly. Going back to basics though and ignoring what is tagged, how do you want to browse your tracks as this is what we really need to understand (it does appear you want to browse different tracks in different ways)? It sounds like for some albums you want to go Album Artist | Album | Disc# |Tracks but for samplers you want to do something different (not sure how you want to browse these) and for DJ Mixes you want to go Album | DJ | Tracks There is no DJ tag so you can't do that, neither can you browse different tracks in different ways in the same view. If you were to tag mixes and compilations with a various artists tag and add the DJ as the composer then you could have a view of Album Artist | Album | Composer | Disc# | Tracks and skip single values for Composer and Disc # This would then allow you to play from the album level to play the whole mix or play DJ A's tracks from the composer level etc but this would also work for standard albums with only a single (or no) composer tag as that level would be skipped. The implementation of tags varies massively between different players and trying to keep your music player agnostic is not always possible. That said, almost every player I have used expects (or copes well with) having a "Various Artists" album artists for compilations (which is what I was trying to say badly before)... Unfortunately ID3 is very generic hence players interpret different tags as different things and in different ways... just look at the rating tag... I think this is possibly dealt with differently by almost every single player. [/QUOTE]

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