Artist tag

[DavidHB]

(12-04-2015 18:00)Bird201 Wrote:  Where I have albums by two prominent artists, such as "Brian Eno\\Jon Hassell", I'd like to leave AlbumArtist blank and have these listed under Artist separately as in All Artists, and not as "Brian Eno & Jon Hassell".

Can this be done?

Yes, it can, because MinimServer supports multiple Artist (but not multiple AlbumArtist) tags. But your tagging program (a) must support multiple tags of a single type and (b) should tell you how to create those multiple entries. And your Control Point will need to understand the information it gets from MinimServer and present it correctly.

In MP3Tag (probably the most capable tagging program for Windows, and the one that I use), entering your "Brian Eno\\Jon Hassell" in the Artist field will create two separate Artist tags, which will be separately indexed in MinimServer. I also believe (from the unintended consequences of tags written by my CD ripper) that MP3 treats a semicolon as a tag separator, in the same way as the '\\'.

How these multiple artist entries are presented and interpreted by your Control Point will depend on the Control Point, of course. In my experience, Control Points which present the indexes in the form ion which they come from MinimServer will provide the multiple entries you require. The way in which they present the Artist information in any 'now playing' screen or window may vary, however.

I hope that this is helpful.

David