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Adding text such as "Record Label" to Artist.display.format
18-09-2026, 14:58
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Adding text such as "Record Label" to Artist.display.format
Hello. I am using the following for tagFormat:

Artist.display.Format={$albumartist$label$orchestra$conductor}

This works just great and for example on a rock band I get for example:
Steely Dan, MCA

What I would like is to add text in front of Label so it would read:
Steely Dan, Record Label: MCA

Is this possible?

Thanks in advance
Mike
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18-09-2026, 15:36 (This post was last modified: 18-09-2026 16:03 by simbun.)
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RE: Adding text such as "Record Label" to Artist.display.format
The displayFormat syntax is:
Code:
$tag-list^prefix^suffix^separator
This assumes you want the same prefix, suffix and separator applied to all tags ($tag-list), but the same syntax can be applied to each tag:
Code:
$tag^prefix^suffix^separator (repeated for each tag)

It may be easier to follow if you always supply the full syntax (this only works if the first tag is ALWAYS populated), so:
Code:
Artist.displayFormat={$albumartist$label$orchestra$conductor}
becomes
Code:
Artist.displayFormat={$albumartist^^^, $label^, ^^, $orchestra^, ^^, $conductor^, ^^, }
NOTE:
Don't specify a prefix on the first tag otherwise the resulting string will start with ", " e.g. ", David Bowie"

So all you need to do is change the prefix of your label tag:
Code:
Artist.displayFormat={$albumartist^^^, $label^, Record Label: ^^, $orchestra^, ^^, $conductor^, ^^, }
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18-09-2026, 18:20
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RE: Adding text such as "Record Label" to Artist.display.format
(18-09-2026 15:36)simbun Wrote:  The displayFormat syntax is:
Code:
$tag-list^prefix^suffix^separator
This assumes you want the same prefix, suffix and separator applied to all tags ($tag-list), but the same syntax can be applied to each tag:
Code:
$tag^prefix^suffix^separator (repeated for each tag)

It may be easier to follow if you always supply the full syntax (this only works if the first tag is ALWAYS populated), so:
Code:
Artist.displayFormat={$albumartist$label$orchestra$conductor}
becomes
Code:
Artist.displayFormat={$albumartist^^^, $label^, ^^, $orchestra^, ^^, $conductor^, ^^, }
NOTE:
Don't specify a prefix on the first tag otherwise the resulting string will start with ", " e.g. ", David Bowie"

So all you need to do is change the prefix of your label tag:
Code:
Artist.displayFormat={$albumartist^^^, $label^, Record Label: ^^, $orchestra^, ^^, $conductor^, ^^, }

That worked perfectly. Thank you.
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