12-16-2023, 12:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-16-2023, 07:26 PM by TheOldPresbyope.
Edit Reason: Fix typo
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I'm too old to get mixed up in metadata wars any more so I'll go along with whatever alternative sorting schemes y'all come up with. I might adjust my metadata to fit the schema I like best, or not, as the spirit moves me 
I can't help, though, but put on my curmudgeon hat and point out that "industry standards" with respect to digital metadata are mostly crap and we all keep trying to find workable solutions within their restrictions.
For me, the notion of "Album Artist" is pretty arbitrary; it could just as well be labelled "Column 1" when I look across my classical music collection which is modest but which spans some 80 years of performances packaged in various ways as "albums". The musicbrainz_albumid is the most reliable tag for tracks comprising an album but how many have that 3rd-party tag populated for all the tracks in their collection?
Ah, my coffee has finished brewing. Time for my first cup of some calming caffeine.
Regards,
Kent
I can't help, though, but put on my curmudgeon hat and point out that "industry standards" with respect to digital metadata are mostly crap and we all keep trying to find workable solutions within their restrictions.
For me, the notion of "Album Artist" is pretty arbitrary; it could just as well be labelled "Column 1" when I look across my classical music collection which is modest but which spans some 80 years of performances packaged in various ways as "albums". The musicbrainz_albumid is the most reliable tag for tracks comprising an album but how many have that 3rd-party tag populated for all the tracks in their collection?
Ah, my coffee has finished brewing. Time for my first cup of some calming caffeine.
Regards,
Kent
