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<blockquote data-quote="mp.user" data-source="post: 798396" data-attributes="member: 115064"><p><strong>AW: Issues on Album Artist field</strong></p><p></p><p>First of all, thanks for your answers.</p><p></p><p>I made a copy of a small subset of my collection and tried different settings on it.</p><p></p><p>[USER=10391]hwahrmann[/USER]:</p><p>Thanks for the hint on the checkbox "Treat folder as album". It seems to solve my first problem: all tracks within the same directory that have no album artist are treated as an album - great <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>I played around with the checkbox before, but didn't see any difference. It seems I have to wipe out and then rebuild the database manually to see the effect.</p><p></p><p>[USER=11220]jameson_uk[/USER]:</p><p>I moved the DJ info from <em>Album Artist</em> to <em>Conductor</em> field, and this solves my second problem. I can use the DJ info in a view and in track lists, but MP also shows the complete album in the album view. My views now look:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">for albums, compilations and mixes: Album Artist (index page) | Album Artist | Album | Tracks (sorted by Disc#)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">only for mixes: Conductor | Album | Tracks (sorted by Disc#)</li> </ul><p>and the <em>Conductor</em> field is used in the <em>Sort By</em> elements so that the DJ is shown on track lists.</p><p></p><p>It seems that my issues are solved by now <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p>I check this on my complete collection in the next few days.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, I found two other minor issues:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"> The field <em>Conductor</em> works with MP3 and FLAC, but it doesn't for MP4 (AAC) files. It seems not to be read.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"> The "/" (slash) character is used as divider on the <em>Album Artist</em> field of ID3 tags (MP3 files), e.g. dividing <em>V/A</em> into two album artists <em>V</em> and <em>A</em>. This is not the case for FLAC and MP4.</li> </ol><p>Can you confirm these issues? Are they intended, or can they be changed?</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>- Edit -</strong></p><p></p><p>Assumption 1:</p><p>I didn't find a spec for MP4 metadata, but according to the <a href="http://atomicparsley.sourceforge.net/mpeg-4files.html" target="_blank">AtomicParsley docs</a> there seems to be no conductor field. If MP doesn't offer a workaround, I'll have to stick to the <em>Composer</em> field (which is a little bit "unnaturally" for DJ info).</p><p></p><p>Assumption 2:</p><p>I read in <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/listen-music-99/multiartists-id3tags-id3v2-85831/" target="_blank">another post</a> that the slash character is defined as divider in the ID3 V2.3 spec. ID3 2.4 uses the null character (which is far better IMHO).</p><p></p><p>Please confirm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mp.user, post: 798396, member: 115064"] [b]AW: Issues on Album Artist field[/b] First of all, thanks for your answers. I made a copy of a small subset of my collection and tried different settings on it. [USER=10391]hwahrmann[/USER]: Thanks for the hint on the checkbox "Treat folder as album". It seems to solve my first problem: all tracks within the same directory that have no album artist are treated as an album - great :) I played around with the checkbox before, but didn't see any difference. It seems I have to wipe out and then rebuild the database manually to see the effect. [USER=11220]jameson_uk[/USER]: I moved the DJ info from [I]Album Artist[/I] to [I]Conductor[/I] field, and this solves my second problem. I can use the DJ info in a view and in track lists, but MP also shows the complete album in the album view. My views now look: [LIST] [*]for albums, compilations and mixes: Album Artist (index page) | Album Artist | Album | Tracks (sorted by Disc#) [*]only for mixes: Conductor | Album | Tracks (sorted by Disc#) [/LIST] and the [I]Conductor[/I] field is used in the [I]Sort By[/I] elements so that the DJ is shown on track lists. It seems that my issues are solved by now :thx: I check this on my complete collection in the next few days. Unfortunately, I found two other minor issues: [LIST=1] [*] The field [I]Conductor[/I] works with MP3 and FLAC, but it doesn't for MP4 (AAC) files. It seems not to be read. [*] The "/" (slash) character is used as divider on the [I]Album Artist[/I] field of ID3 tags (MP3 files), e.g. dividing [I]V/A[/I] into two album artists [I]V[/I] and [I]A[/I]. This is not the case for FLAC and MP4. [/LIST] Can you confirm these issues? Are they intended, or can they be changed? [B]- Edit -[/B] Assumption 1: I didn't find a spec for MP4 metadata, but according to the [URL="http://atomicparsley.sourceforge.net/mpeg-4files.html"]AtomicParsley docs[/URL] there seems to be no conductor field. If MP doesn't offer a workaround, I'll have to stick to the [I]Composer[/I] field (which is a little bit "unnaturally" for DJ info). Assumption 2: I read in [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/listen-music-99/multiartists-id3tags-id3v2-85831/"]another post[/URL] that the slash character is defined as divider in the ID3 V2.3 spec. ID3 2.4 uses the null character (which is far better IMHO). Please confirm. [/QUOTE]
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