Re: [Banshee-List] Various Artists question



And what are actually the tags that are used internally?

Album - album
Album Artist - albumartist / album-artist?


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> Datum: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:23:29 +0100
> Von: IBBoard <ibboard gmail com>
> An: banshee-list gnome org
> Betreff: Re: [Banshee-List] Various Artists question

> It could be the two versions of the ID3 tags in the MP3 (one app seeing
> one and the other app writing the other). If the names were written in
> the "Artist" field then the behaviour is expected, though.
> 
> Banshee groups by Album Artist and falls back to Artist if no Album
> Artist exists. The way to do compilations (or tracks from one artist's
> album that have guest artists on a single song) is to set the Artist for
> each tract as appropriate (Bryan Adams for most, or Bryan Adams and Tina
> Turner for track three) then set the Album Artist for the entire album
> as whatever makes most sense (Bryan Adams in your case, or Various for
> compilations). That should then use the tags appropriately and get
> players that handle them properly (e.g. Banshee) to display what you want
> :)
> 
> 
> 
> On 18/07/10 23:32, Michael.S.G. wrote:
> > I have the same problem.
> > It's because (I think) there are tags not seen by <insert tag editor of
> > choice>
> > 
> > The fix for me is to select the track(s) in question and remove ALL
> tags.
> > I have found I need to save the mp3/empty tag BEFORE I re-enter the
> > mp3 details. Failure to save 1st results in the same issue (not
> resolved).
> > 
> > Just to note, I use easytag for my mp3 tag editing.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 19/07/10 04:14, Todd Wilson wrote:
> >> The album "So Far So Good" by Bryan Adams has a track (#3, "It's Only
> >> Love") with Artist "Bryan Adams&  Tina Turner".  I've tagged the album
> >> with Picard and imported it into Banshee and what I get is two entries
> >> in the Artists lists:
> >>
> >>      Bryan Adams
> >>      Bryan Adams&  Tina Turner
> >>
> >> Under the first, all tracks except #3 are listed, and in the album
> list,
> >> it has the correct artwork and title but "Various Artists" as the
> >> artist.  Under the second, it lists only track #3, and in the album
> list
> >> it has the same artwork and title but "Bryan Adams" as the artist. 
> This
> >> is confusing.
> >>
> >> I would expect to see track #3 listed under Bryan Adams, so that I
> could
> >> play the complete album in track order, and not see "Various Artists"
> as
> >> the artist for this album.  I don't mind the extra artist entry for
> >> "Bryan Adams&  Tina Turner", but it shouldn't interfere with the
> >> original album.
> >>
> >> How can I set this up?  (I'm using 1.6.1)  Or do I need to set up
> >> something differently in Picard?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Todd Wilson
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