Philip Meyer;638463 Wrote: > >indeed. compilation tags are in some ways totally without purpose. > no > >one really needs them, b/c thats what the AA tag is for. > > No, that's not what AA tag is for. AA is about identifying songs as > belonging to the same grouping (album). > Compilation also relates to grouping songs together on an album.
thats your opinion Phil, one backed by absolutely nothing. meanwhile, lots of apps, use AA tags for VA/comps (as well as other stuff) and don't use comp tags at all, b/c they aren't needed. that backs my opinion. Philip Meyer;638463 Wrote: > But there is a distinction between the two tags and their purpose. I'm > not saying that everyone needs to make that distinction, just that comp > tags are not without purpose. it all depends. if you already have AA tags on everything, they serve very little meaningful purpose. Philip Meyer;638463 Wrote: > If you want to browse compilation albums, they could have different > album artist names. eg. "Various Artists", or "Soundtrack" or > "Musical", even a specific artist such as "BT" who compile remixes of > songs performed by other artists. you could still browse them WITHOUT comp tags, just not all in one place/category. i take the above as, what you are saying is: if you wanted to have a "home>comps" category with all these differing AA tagged types in one spot, then yes, i agree comp tags could serve that purpose. but thats hardly typical or necessary or expected, and there are other ways it could be done, like user defined AA strings that denote something is a comp. Philip Meyer;638463 Wrote: > If a compilation tag is set, all compilation albums, no matter what > album artist name has been set, can be displayed in one list. > > Without a compilation indication, it is not possible. Now, perhaps > some people don't need to list all compilation albums together, but I > think this alone gives compilation tag a purpose. its certainly not a common feature in most apps. when i browse, i don't feel the need to say "let me browse one big mess of a category of all different stuff that just happens to be compilations." but yeah, if that was important to someone, that is a way to do it. i just don't see it as a NEED. what i was saying, is that an AA tag will group multi artist tracks to the album just like a comp tag will. thats why i was saying you don't need comp tags. and while a big comp listing might be important to some few people, its not really to me, but if it were, it could be done in other ways BESIDES a comp tag. i have no beef with comp tags btw, SBS should support them. i'm just saying that aren't a need. Philip Meyer;638463 Wrote: > It also means that when browsing to albums by an artist, the list of > albums could be grouped into sub-sets, eg. show the artists' normal > albums, then compilation albums and other albums that the artist has > contributed to. SBS doesn't do that yet (all albums listed together), > but it another reason by compilation status may be a useful indicator, > rather than depending on album artist names to make a distiction. > > Phil i think using AA to make that distinction makes a hell of a lot more sense. in the SBS DB, everything has an AA value, tagged or not. so just use that to see if the AA value matches the A value, and if not, sub-set it. comp status in the SBS DB via tag or auto-detect shouldn't apply. all albums are listed as by AA anyway, if its sensibly displayed. -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 & droid (my home) / duet & ipeng (parents' home) - sbs 7.5.5b - win7 & xp pro sp3 ie9 - p4(ht) 3.2ghz, 2gig ram - 1tb wd usb2 raid1 - d-link dir-655 - 49k+ mp3/flac ::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=88072 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
