My apologies if this feels like ANOTHER thread about album splitting, but I have searched the forum and read many posts about this issue that don't quite cover the problem I am facing. I have learned a lot especially with regards to compilations logic, 'The Greatest Hits' issue and Various Artists. However I am still unable to explain or resolve the issue I have.
Also I hope you don't mind a very detailed description of the problem, but from reading other posts it seems the best information is garnered when the problem is fully explained and understood by forum members. I am running Squeezebox Server 7.5.3, the problem manifests with DJ mix albums that are double CD's. My options are set to 'Group compilations together', 'List albums by Band', 'Treat TPE2 MP3 tag as Band' and 'Treat multi-disc sets as single album'. I am an experienced user of MP3tag. Once ripped from CD my MP3's are first completely stripped of any tag information. I then fully write tag information from discogs and I only write id3v2.3 tags. I pay particular attention to make sure the only tags that differ from track to track are TIT2, TPE1, TRCK and TPOS (depending on the disc the track came from). Now DJ mix CD's are made of tracks from different artists, however the DJ is an important artistic influence on the compilation and so is identified in MP3tag's ABLUMARTIST field (TPE2). I write TPOS as 1/2 or 2/2 and use TRCK in the format of 1/12 and its reset for each disc. The MP3 files are all held in one folder and the filename format is discnumber-track number track title.mp3 (eg 1-02 Lost in trans.mp3) Now here is the issue; a number of the MIX cd's show up as two albums. The split is never by disc, so for example I have an album called 'Global Underground: Nubreed 003' which appears twice. The first entry has track 1/14 to 9/14 from disc 1 listed and the second entry has 10/14 to 14/14 from disc 1 and 1/13 to 13/13 from disc 2. I have another album called 'Pure Intec' that is correctly listed as one album with tracks from both discs listed in the correct order. I have other DJ mix double disc albums that suffer this strange split at seemingly random parts. I equally have DJ mix double disc ablums that don't suffer from this issue. The only consistent thing is that it only seems to happen on albums where the TPE2 field is used. I have other mutli disc sets that where there is only a TPE1 field this problem does not appear, for example Paul Wellers Catch-Flame! is a double CD which squeezebox server lists as one album with the tracks listed is the correct disc order. One thing I have noticed is that if I change the option 'Treat multi-disc sets as single album' to 'Treat multi-disc sets as multiple albums' I do not get the random splits, but I correctly see the albums listed with the (Disc 1 of 2) attached to the title. For example with the album 'Global Underground: Nubreed 003' where previously with 'Treat multi-disc sets as single album' I would get the split in disc 1, with 'Treat multi-disc sets as multiple albums' I get the album tracks listed properly in two separate albums with tracks 1/14 to 14/14 in disc 1 and 1/13 to 13/13 in disc 2. I've obviously cleared the library and rescanned everything (this happens when you change the multi disc option) and also because changes to TPE2 only append when scanning changes. Any thoughts on this issue would be greatly appreciated. -- claytob ------------------------------------------------------------------------ claytob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=45096 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86517 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
