SC 7.3.3 and 7.4, revisions 25619 and newer (today's changes), now
include some of my changes (Thanks, Andy!) that will hopefully better
the situation for:
- *Compilations ("Various Artists" releases), where the tracks are
-not- stored in the same folder on your disc.*
- Many people store tracks from compilations -not- together in the
same folder, but elsewhere, like under the Artists folder.
- Previously, SC would not know how to handle that and show one
"album" for each track in that case.
- Before falling back to the "all in same folder" logic, SC will
now additionally try to "keep a VA compilation together" by using
the MusicBrainz Album ID (this can be set by using MusicBrainz
-Picard- tagger, for instance). The MB Album ID is -disc-based-, so
this might not help if you use disc grouping.
- A "minimal tagging" approach will -never- help in case of the
often mentioned "Greatest Hits" problem. At least the album title,
main contributor (usually the Album Artist) and some unique
identifier like the MusicBrainz Album ID -must- be used in cases
where the storage location doesnt define an "album".
- SC will still -also- use all other mechanisms it did before (like
checking the disc number, the total # of discs, the main
contributor, etc.), -plus- eventually "fall back" to looking for
other tracks in the same folder.
- *Releases with only -one- disc where these were shown as "many
albums" (one per track) -but- releases with -more than one disc-
shown correctly (as -n- discs with all tracks belonging to the disc
together).*
- Explicitly -ignoring- disc number and total # of discs on
releases tagged with "disc #1 of 1" has lead to unwanted side
effects, like releases with one discs showing as "many albums"
whereas releases with -more- than one disc were shown correctly
(i.e., one album per disc).
- So this "disc 1/1" ignoring has been taken back and if you
-want-, you can tag a disc as being "number one of one discs
total". This -can- actually help for above mentioned VA compilation
aggregation, in some cases.
- Everyone -using- disc numbering should be aware that the disc
number -must- be the same for all tracks on any one disc, and the
total # discs -must- be the same in all tracks.
- *Foobar2000 and JR*Media Center users that use "ALBUM ARTIST"
(instead of "ALBUMARTIST") for tagging the Album Artist.*
- The -foobar2000- community has opted for a "pseudo standard" of
using the tag "ALBUM ARTIST" (with a blank) instead of
"ALBUMARTIST" which SC uses.
- SC will now support "ALBUM ARTIST" in addition to "ALBUMARTIST"
(or TPE2 in ID3v2 tags, if so selected) in FLAC, OGG, MP3, M4A,
MP4, AAC, APE files (or any files using -Vorbis Comment-, -Apple
MP4- or -ID3v2- tags).
- Be aware that it is generally -not advisable- using -more than
one tag having the same meaning!- If you had, for instance, "ALBUM
ARTIST" -and- "ALBUMARTIST" tagged in a file, used -foobar2000- to
re-tag it (which would only change the "ALBUM ARTIST" tag), you
might end up with a file having -"ALBUMARTIST=Tom Jones"- and
-"ALBUM ARTIST=Blank & Jones"- so how could SC know which was the
correct one?
- *Releases actually using an Album Artist tag of "Various Artists"
or the like (as opposed to not using an Album Artist at all for VA
compilations).*
- It was previously advised -not- to set an Album Artist for
"Various Artists" compilations. Unfortunately, many tagging
programs -insist- in doing that, so a lot of manual changing
afterwards was needed.
- Now you should be able to do that, without any adverse effects.
It can actually -help- in cases where tracks from VA compilations
are stored in different folders, since the Album Artist can be used
to "keep a release together".
- *FLAC and OGG files tagged using the (official) -DESCRIPTION-
Vorbis Comment (instead of using the -COMMENT- tag).*
- As -xiph.org- suggests, a "comment" should be tagged using the
-DESCRIPTION- tag in Vorbis Comments (used in FLAC and OGG files).
- Many taggers do it this way, about an equal number use the
-COMMENT- field instead.
- SC will now support -both-.
- *Album Artist support in Apple MPEG4-type files (M4A, MP4, AAC).*
- MPEG4-type files like Apples M4A, MP4, and AAC use an atom
called "aART" to store the Album Artist. This is supported by newer
versions of
- MusicBrainz Picard (v0.11)
- iTunes
- Mp3tag (they call it "BAND"!)
- Tag&Rename
- AtomicParsley
- and others
- SC didnt include Album Artist support for these file types yet.
Now it does.
- -Hint:- In previous versions, SC would use "aART" to fill in
missing "Artist" fields. It will -not- do this anymore but use
"aART" for its sole purpose, the Album Artist! You are responsible
to tag your tracks with the correct artist this being one of the
"minimum" tags anyway.
Well, I hope all these changes will make the Logitech
Squeezebox/SqueezeCenter systems an even greater experience to you!
Thanks to the dev team for great ongoing support, and to all of you for
constant feedback, suggestions and fresh ideas.
--
Moonbase
Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase)
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