this works so far:

album: name of piece - conductor 
> Symphony No.01 in C minor, Op.068 - Celibidache
(numbered 01 to 09 means they alphasort before 10 etc in listings)

album artist: composer 
> Johannes Brahms  (full name for all composers)

artist: conductor, performers, orchestra 
> Sergiu Celibidache; Münchner Philharmoniker

title: movement 
> I. Un poco sostenuto - Allegro

genre: i agree who's got time, bare minimum, guitars=rock,
rapping=hip-hop, techno=electronica and dance, blues=blues etc etc
> Classical

this approach seems to play nicest and most consistently with all the
other music in the library.



what i am playing about with right now, is trying to use the comment
tag as a short display string, so instead of some conglomeration of the
above, when playing it has something easier to display:
"Brahms Symphony No 1" 
... quick and easy to read from across the room, and no scrolling.

so best of both worlds; i still have searchable, comprehensive and
complete values in the main tags, and can use this tag for pretty-fied
Squeezebox display ... and not just classical, abbreviating "Captain
Beefheart and The Magic Band" to Beefheart means a whole lot less
scrolling

can just automate it in Mp3Tag, copy "Album Artist-Album" for all
albums ... i can then customise as appropriate for classical or awkward
non-classicals

(only problem right now ... the Comment field doesn't seem to bubble up
to the display, either Slim display settings or MusicInfo.scr - it stays
blank ... not sure why???? 
so i'm temporarily abusing the Composer tag which does seem to work as
described, just to try this idea out.
once i figure it out, i'll quickly move the info to comment and delete
the composer tag)

david


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