JJZolx;465324 Wrote: 
> In Mp3tag the \\ isn't taken literally.  It's used to split fields into
> multiple fields and to represent those fields in an editable form.  So,
> for example, a track with its genre shown as 'Vocal\\Jazz' will actually
> be two genre fields in the tagging.  I'm not sure it works on all
> fields, though - I haven't tried it with custom fields, and I'm not sure
> if it works like this for all the versions of ID3v2 tags.  In some cases
> it may actually insert the literal characters '\\'.  Squeezebox Server
> can read multiple fields, but it can't split fields on anything but a
> single character.
> 
> You might just be better off using a simple character separator, such
> as a semi-colon (';') and designating this in Squeezebox Server under
> Settings > My Music > Separator for Multiple Items in Tags.
> 
> Converting to this in Mp3tag will depend on whether you have multiple
> fields or you have literal \\ characters.  Changing \\ to ; is easy to
> do using a Replace action.  Combining fields could also be done in a
> Replace action using the function $meta_sep(fieldname,separator), as in
> 
> > 
Code:
--------------------
  >   > 
  > $meta_sep(artist,;)
  > 
--------------------
> > 

Thanks Jim,

It work perfectly--at least for MP3 files. I'll be trying it with flac
files soon.


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