Conflicting album artist values

[simoncn]

(24-06-2012 15:36)bbrip Wrote:  

(24-06-2012 12:46)Dieter Stockert Wrote:  

(24-06-2012 00:10)simoncn Wrote:  It would be great if all the record companies and music databases could use a consistent standard for tagging.

It would be great, but in reality even the tagging on disc 1 and 2 of some double albums I bought was inconsistent.

I agree with Dieter. For ripping CDs the databases (freedb etc.) are filled with "tagging junk". That for sure will never get cleaned up. And for new albums going forward I think such standardisation will just never happen. Just too complex. There are already too many 'dialects' and interpretations of tagging standards around. Look at the tags on the CHANDOS Records site: Hopeless! Again, only Hyperion gets it about right. The user will have to make up his mind in the end how he wants to organize things. And a good server software should give him 'powerful hints' to move him in the right direction.

I respectfully disagree. This DIY approach will work for a few enthusiasts, but it won't work for the majority of people who'll be converting from CDs to audio files in the next few years. Unless the "open standards" part of the industry gets its act together with reasonable standards for tagging, and reasonable tools for applying these standards to people's collections, there's no chance of an open standards-based solution being broadly adopted.

Quote:I think some of the guiding suggestions on your webpage are a great step in the right direction.

Thanks! I'd like to extend this and use it to try to start a discussion with some content providers in the fairly near future....but not until after I've got the next MinimServer release out with fixes for the bugs that people have found in 0.51.