Genre tagging: using available tag and order sorting

[alan9990]

(15-03-2026 18:51)simoncn Wrote:  To make this work correctly, you need to use a tagging program to split the combined tag:

GENRE=Acid Jazz|Contemporary R&B|Electronic|Soul

into separate tags:

GENRE=Acid Jazz
GENRE=Contemporary R&B
GENRE=Electronic
GENRE=Soul

Mp3tag can do this (see this page).

This isn't specific to the Genre tag. The above applies to all tags that contain multiple values separated by |.

Unlike using tagUpdate in MinimServer, this is a permanent change to the tags in your library.

Aha! Once again very helpful. I've been using Kid3 tagger (Linux) for years. I've only ever been able to add single tags per field when tagging mp3 files.

However... (nothing is ever simple it seems) since I use EXT4 partitioning on my library it allows me to include "illegal" characters in filenames - I'm referring to Windows here. So I don't use NTFS or other more 'friendly' partition systems because I enjoy being able to have : or " or ? in my music file names - again, reflecting exactly what is on the release itself.

Since mp3tag is only available on Windows or Mac, I guess I'll need to look at a new file tagger - one that allows me to add multiple fields of the same value.