01-12-2021, 12:39 PM
(01-12-2021, 09:25 AM)the_bertrum Wrote:(01-12-2021, 04:18 AM)TheOldPresbyope Wrote: Apparently MPD is returning one or both of the "Encoded by" and "Remixed by" values and moOde 7 is considering them to be more performers. Yes, the cryptic entries in these files are screwy, but I'm of the opinion that "Encoded by" and "Remixed by" represent product staff, not performers, anyway.
The new "multiple values" code for Artist does suck in an enormous number of fields, in this case I think it is the "remixed by". It is probably valid since in some genres, the performers are less important than the name of the guy that mixed their work into the new banging dance groove that you are gyrating to. My personal way of coping with this is to expunge all mention of artists other than those in "Artist", "AlbumArtist" and "Composer" in my collection. That's enough for me, other folk need way more.
Yeah, I get that. My favorite genres---classical and jazz in their broadest senses---have their own conventions too.
Trouble is, there's no structure to the metadata so there's no way of knowing the intent of the person/program which generated the values. We're left to make all sorts of inferences, not as bad, perhaps, as early archeologists trying to interpret hieroglyphics, but a lot worse than it has to be.
My personal way is the same as yours.
Regards,
Kent
