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RE: Listing multidisc albums with different composers - simbun - 15-08-2020 10:02
(15-08-2020 08:03)simoncn Wrote: The solution for you is either to use some other separator character when tagging multiple composer names as the ALBUMARTIST value or to use a different tagging program that doesn't treat a semicolon specially when used in a tag value.
I'm not aware how to change the multi-value separator, but if you don't want a field to be split automatically (and therefore accept semicolon as text) you just need to modify the field list under:
Preferences -> Advanced -> Display -> Properties dialog : Multivalue fields
By default it's 'ARTIST;ALBUM ARTIST;COMPOSER;PRODUCER;PERFORMER;GENRE'
Obviously if your tags have already been split this won't fix them, so you'd need to run something like a Masstagger action against them:
'Format value from other fields', ALBUM ARTIST, $meta_sep(ALBUM ARTIST,'; ')
Which will replace multiple fields of ALBUM ARTIST with a single field separated by '; ' in this example.
Obviously test on a sample.
RE: Listing multidisc albums with different composers - Uoppi - 15-08-2020 12:00
Thanks so much for your responses guys! I did as simbun suggested above and the issue appears solved.
One more thing: how exactly does using [disc 01...] in the album name field differ from using a separate DISCSUBTITLE tag? What would be an ideal use case for each? I thought they would function pretty much interchangeably. If I understand correctly, at the very least they shouldn't both be used together concurrently.
RE: Listing multidisc albums with different composers - simoncn - 15-08-2020 13:14
To use a DISCSUBTITLE tag, you must also have either a DISCNUMBER tag or [disc n] in the ALBUM tag.
As an alternative to using a DISCSUBTITLE tag, you can put both the disc number and disc subtitle in the [disc n...] suffix of the ALBUM tag.
The standard method is to use both DISCNUMBER and DISCSUBTITLE. Putting this information into the ALBUM tag is specific to MinimServer.