Funny, I was thinking about a similar problem on the train yesterday, although I didn't start from the perspective of ripping a compilation track.
Here are my thoughts from a music player neutral point of view... I think it comes down to whether you want to represent the track as a component of a 'release' (a better word for album, in my opinion). There's a valid use case for 'miscellanous' tracks in your music collection. Those are waifs and strays added to your collection down the years for which you are not interested in the surrounding release such as B sides, other album tracks etc. For these, I think the correct approach is to *not even tag the album* and therefore no AA either but tag the artist correctly. When applied to compilations, and indeed all albums, I think you need to make the decision of whether to go all-in and consider the track as part of a release, or not. If it's a genuine one-off miscellanous track, I say leave the album, album artist and compilation tags alone. If you think you might want to rip the rest of the compilation later, then just rip the whole thing, be done with it and keep the lot. I think that's what I'd do to save myself the thought processes! -- elstensoftware 'bliss' (http://www.blisshq.com) - fully automated music library management. 'Read the music library management blog' (http://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/) including 'how to use bliss to manage Squeezebox album art' (http://www.blisshq.com/music-library-management-blog/2010/09/14/album-art-squeezebox/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ elstensoftware's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31345 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82995 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
