I've created a quick patch that works for me.
*** /usr/bin/abcde Sat Mar 14 22:56:31 2009
--- /tmp/abcde.new Sun Mar 29 13:06:18 2009
***************
*** 802,812 ****
"$ABCDETEMPDIR/track$1.$OUTPUT"
;;
*)
# FIXME # track numbers in mp3 come
with 1/10, so we cannot
# happily substitute them with $TRACKNUM
run_command tagtrack-$OUTPUT-$1 nice
$ENCNICE $TAGGER $TAGGEROPTS -c "$COMMENTOUTPUT" \
-A "$DALBUM" -a "$TRACKARTIST"
-t "$TRACKNAME" -y "$CDYEAR" \
! -g "$GENREID" -T
"${TRACKNUM:-$1/$TRACKS}" \
"$ABCDETEMPDIR/track$1.$OUTPUT"
;;
esac
--- 802,819 ----
"$ABCDETEMPDIR/track$1.$OUTPUT"
;;
*)
+ # Set TPE2 if needed
+ TPE2=
+ VATAG=
+ if [ "$VARIOUSARTISTS" = "y" ]; then
+ TPE2="--TPE2"
+ VATAG="Various Artists"
+ fi
# FIXME # track numbers in mp3 come
with 1/10, so we cannot
# happily substitute them with $TRACKNUM
run_command tagtrack-$OUTPUT-$1 nice
$ENCNICE $TAGGER $TAGGEROPTS -c "$COMMENTOUTPUT" \
-A "$DALBUM" -a "$TRACKARTIST"
-t "$TRACKNAME" -y "$CDYEAR" \
! -g "$GENREID" -T
"${TRACKNUM:-$1/$TRACKS}" $TPE2 "$VATAG" \
"$ABCDETEMPDIR/track$1.$OUTPUT"
;;
esac
