Philip Meyer;587449 Wrote: > >lets say you had a comp CD, and you rip it, but you decide you only > want > >one track from the CD. > > > If I only want one (or a sub-set) of tracks from an album, I clear the > ALBUM tag, such that the tracks appear within "No Album", as it's not > really an album any more.
well, thats cool if it works for you, but i disagree with that approach... even a single track from an album is from that album. the album moniker is to note that info, meaning the album source of the track, not denote how many tracks you have from an "album." (how many tracks before its no longer an "album" in your view anyway?) in any case, i use my music with more than just SBS. winamp, portable players, etc... the album tag is necessary given that. Philip Meyer;587449 Wrote: > Of course, I would also not have an Album Artist tag, because there > isn't an album, and therefore no common artist name for that album. > i.e. I wouldn't want to group a couple of tracks together - I'd find > them under the artist name appearing under "No Album". to each his own of course, but that would be a nightmare for me. Philip Meyer;587449 Wrote: > > >(just not blank, b/c AA tags can be used to sort the album > >and over-ride the comp tag in SBS, right?) > > > AA tags don't sort albums. There's an ALBUMSORT tag for sorting > albums. they aren't expressly MEANT to sort albums, but in fact they DO sort albums. this is something i do, where i think its similar to you voiding out the album tag. i simply use AA on everything, which defeats the SBS VA logic, and allows me to sort everything by AA tag, even if an album, or single track, has an explicit comp=1 tag. in most of my stuff the artist tag and AA tag are the same. but i use a variety of AA "categories" that group some stuff together, such as: Classical Irish - Various Artists Soundtracks (TV) Soundtracks (Film) Soundtracks (Stage) Various Artists etc, and any of these may, or may not be broken down further into more detailed sub-divisions. i use AA tags b/c they are universally supported the same way by nearly everything, its just very easy and compatible. i've started adding comp tags b/c its good for itunes folks, while only slightly putting me out in SBS. (i don't need them for myself specifically) Philip Meyer;587449 Wrote: > > >if you have a comp with AA tags and only one track, do you use a comp > >tag = 1 on it? > > > >and same Q, but this time without AA tags? > > > No, one track doesn't make an album a compilation. well, i guess i'd say on that score that a comp tag should indicate source, not current status, just like the album tag issue above. but that really wasn't my question or point i was trying to get at... what i was getting at, was would there be anything "weird" or "unexpected" in the behavior of SBS or itunes if one were to do this? from what i can tell, it doesn't seem so. one track or 20, both apps seem to treat it the same way regardless. -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 & sbc (my home) / sbrec & ipeng (parents' home) - sbs 7.5.2b - win xp pro sp3 ie8 - p4(ht) 3.2ghz, 2gig ram - 1tb wd usb2 raid1 - d-link dir-655 - 45k+ mp3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82995 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
