MDE wrote: > I have a similar album as shown below. Vanessa-Mae is Album Artist. It > seems that if there are different composers then it works OK, but not if > the composer is the same for all tracks. I suspect this is because Muso > wants to display Composer at the album level, but there it gets > overridden by Album Artist. I think what should happen if it is > overridden in this way is that Composer is displayed below the Album > header along with other common tags such as performer, conductor and > band. (BTW I have not yet entered Band for this album).
jezbo wrote: > Ah OK that may be it. > EDIT: Found it, will be fixed in next release. Just been looking at this in the new release. Composer is displayed in the album header OK. However, (1) if the album is a classical album and there is only one artist but several composers and no album artist, it gets treated like a compilation whereas it should be attributed to the sole artist as Titled Artist. Also, (2) if there is an album with only one artist (set as Artist tag) and composer (set as Composer) and I set the Album Artist to be the artist, then the composer does get displayed below the header in the album view, but as "Composer: composername/artistname"; in other words it is treating the artist as if they were a composer. It should just display "Composer: composername", or maybe "Composer: composername Artist: artistname" if there is a different artist to the Album Artist. I suspect this all derives from trying to treat composers as artists for classical albums: this is a great idea but obviously gets a bit more complex as you try and fine tune it. The work-round I have to (2) is to name the artist as "performer" and "album artist" and to leave "artist" blank. This then displays "Composer: composername Performer: artistname" The conclusion I derive from both (1) and (2) is that with Muso as it is currently designed, if you want a classical (performer) artist to appear as the Titled Artist, it is best to name them as Album Artist and Performer and to leave the Artist tag blank. Otherwise, leave Album Artist blank and name them as Artist. This displays the artist on the SB touch either way round, although I'm not sure that all player software does this. Whether this is the right answer or not, I don't know. It would be nice if it was a tad more intuitive; also, if you change your mind and remove the artist from Album Artist, they will only appear as a performer which will not appear on the player. Nevertheless, the main thing as far as I'm concerned is that a logical and consistent approach is taken by Muso and that the user is not faced with frequent re-tagging in order to optimise the display. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MDE's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=49291 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91575 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
