Gary, i do believe that the mandatory logic is a form of "guessing" and a dopey one at that. yes, the logic has hard and fast rules that are predictable, but that doesn't mean its good or accurate to reality, it just means it does what its told to do (a single artist mismatch = comp in all cases assuming AA tags and comp=0 tags aren't present); i just don't think thats always desirable. when i first mucked around with SBS, this logic got TONS of my albums "ID'd" as comps, but that in reality weren't comps.
i filed this bug: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8324 but even though erland wrote the code and uploaded the patch, it wasn't applied. to answer Phils question of what should happen if you didn't have the logic, i say just let the artists propagate into the list, whats the harm? don't like it, turn it back on or put proper tags. the fact of the matter is almost all the big, important ripping apps put an AA tag or comp tag by default now anyway, so the automatic VA detection logic is basically moot as is, it only applies to a very small percentage of users in the marketplace who somehow rip their stuff and end up without either AA tags or comp tags, (EAC users). furthermore, SBS has this problem with VA handling: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9523 which led Phil to file this bug which i support: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15604 i'm not saying the VA detection logic should be removed, or even off by default, but it would be fine to disable it if a user wanted to, and it might even help avoid some of the issues above, or the AV issues some people have when "merge VA" happens in the scanner. anyway... my point to use is you don't have to worry about SBS outsmarting you IF you do the following: 1. ALWAYS use AA tags on EVERYTHING. 2. ONLY assign Comp=1 tags on those things you WANT SBS or itunes to know is a comp. that puts the control in your hands, and out of SBS's. what were you saying about dbpoweramp? it does or doesn't put a space in your AA tags for your flacs? -- 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 ::VOTE FOR 'BUG 15604' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15604)!!!:: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83073 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
