06-05-2018, 04:10 PM
(06-05-2018, 01:32 PM)Tim Curtis Wrote: It looks like there are audio format dependencies when it comes to tags. Thats really awful.
Consider submitting an issue [feature] to MPD dev asking to add Composition to the list of supported tags for enabling easier search and navigation of Classical music connections.
Hierarchy
- Genre
-- Composer
--- Composition
---- Album
----- Title
Search
- composer
- composition
- genre
- performer
- album
In the above proposed structure there doesn't seem to be a need for Artist or AlbumArtist so to hedge against MPD not including Composition tag or if its given low priority then why not use one of those two tags to store the Composition?
It would still be reflected in the Classical Panel as 'Composition', and the overall design would involve some settings that would filter out the Classical genres from the Standard Panel. Basically, user would enable "Classical Library" option and then Classical music tagged as above would appear in the Classical panel while Popular music would appear in Standard panel. Something like that.
-Tim
Hi, Tim.
Off the top of my head a request like this sounds reasonable but I'd like to think a bit more about it before approaching Max and company. (I probably should look through the MPD issues log too.)
I'm trying to create a mapping table of common concepts between ID3v1.1, ID3v2.3, Vorbis/FLAC, and whatever I should call iTunes' tagging of mp4/m4a. It's a crazy world out there. Our players and tag editors make it difficult to know what's actually being encoded.
MPD is curious too. This morning I created a test m4a file and added a "NAME" tag to it (it isn't a "standard" tag). Both mediainfo and MPD (currentsong) report out it back out when they read the file. This adds fuel to my notion that we're up against the different file format handlers in MPD having different ideas about metadata. For the end-user's standpoint there's no difference between the mp3 and m4a tags I entered.
Could you or @raindog PM or email me one of those über-tagged mp3 files you've been using as test cases, the Beethoven Cello Sonata track, for example? I'm pretty sure I know what I'll find in it but I'd like to be sure.
Regards,
Kent
