Artist vs. AlbumArtist

[bubbleguuum]

(15-08-2012 22:32)simoncn Wrote:  

(15-08-2012 15:39)bubbleguuum Wrote:  Not that compilation doesn't imply an AlbumArtist tag. Take for example a "best of" Sting where every track has Artist = Sting. That's why compilations generally require a separate "COMPILATION" tag to mark them as such and to be able to display only compilations (subtree 4)

I don't understand why this needs to be a special tag. Isn't it just another Genre value that could be selected to view only your compilations? Does the COMPILATION tag have any semantics that are different from GENRE=Compilation?

Well there's no real standard to flag compilations. I personnaly use a custom COMPILATION TXXX frame with value 1, written by foobar2000 when I tag my files.

But there is also a more widespread itunescompilation tag stored in a TCMP frame.

See there for more info:
http://forums.mp3tag.de/lofiversion/inde...13266.html

I would presonnaly avoid using genre=compilation to flag compilations as "compilation" is not a genre.