Feature Request: Tag Update Tag Referencing

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(09-09-2017 06:58)antonmb Wrote:  I'm curious, why don't you want to see composer in other genres? I have a lot of classical and of course want to see composer, but I also enjoy seeing who wrote the rock or jazz piece I'm listening to. And if you don't want to see composer for any other genres, then why not just delete the composer tag from everything except classical?

It’s not that I never want to see the composer for non-classical music, but for me and classical music the Composer is the most significant data point, if you like, and for non-classical music, it’s generally the Artist. Also, I have spent time to ensure that my composer tags for classical music are all consistent and brief. I don’t do this with most of my non-classical music files, which I usually leave as they are. Sometimes their Composer tags comprise long lists of collaborators and there can even be some junk in there. I can’t give examples as I’m on the road at the moment and don’t have my collection with me.

As for simply deleting all non-classical composers… I guess I could but that feels rather destructive. And surely, as soon as I did that I’d want to check who wrote xxx! (I can always check any tag for any file playing by going to my computer and clicking a button: I have a metaflac script for this.)