Post Reply 
 
Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Multiple CDs within one Album
05-06-2019, 15:10
Post: #1
Question Multiple CDs within one Album
I have some albums that have more than one CD. Currently, the folder structure is as follows:

King Crimson - Red
King Crimson - Red/CD01
King Crimson - Red/CD02
King Crimson - Red/CD03

I use the discnumber tag to indicate the number of the CD. So far, all works well. Now, there are some albums which have different title for the various CDs. For example:

King Crimson - Islands
King Crimson - Islands/CD01 - Studio Album
King Crimson - Islands/CD02 - Live In the UK
King Crimson - Islands/CD03 - Live In the US

My questions is how do I tag the albums which have different names? What is the best recommended way to do so?

Thanks!
Find all posts by this user
Quote this message in a reply
05-06-2019, 15:45
Post: #2
RE: Multiple CDs within one Album
(05-06-2019 15:10)rompolompo Wrote:  I have some albums that have more than one CD. Currently, the folder structure is as follows:

King Crimson - Red
King Crimson - Red/CD01
King Crimson - Red/CD02
King Crimson - Red/CD03

I use the discnumber tag to indicate the number of the CD. So far, all works well. Now, there are some albums which have different title for the various CDs. For example:

King Crimson - Islands
King Crimson - Islands/CD01 - Studio Album
King Crimson - Islands/CD02 - Live In the UK
King Crimson - Islands/CD03 - Live In the US

My questions is how do I tag the albums which have different names? What is the best recommended way to do so?

Thanks!

Looks like you are almost there.

As an alternative to adding a DISCSUBTITLE tag, the disc identifier suffix in the album title can be specified as [disc <n>: <subtitle>] or (disc <n>: <subtitle>) or , disc <n>: <subtitle>.

Above extracted from Minimserver - Multidisc albums
Find all posts by this user
Quote this message in a reply
05-06-2019, 15:52
Post: #3
RE: Multiple CDs within one Album
(05-06-2019 15:45)Alandbush Wrote:  
(05-06-2019 15:10)rompolompo Wrote:  I have some albums that have more than one CD. Currently, the folder structure is as follows:

King Crimson - Red
King Crimson - Red/CD01
King Crimson - Red/CD02
King Crimson - Red/CD03

I use the discnumber tag to indicate the number of the CD. So far, all works well. Now, there are some albums which have different title for the various CDs. For example:

King Crimson - Islands
King Crimson - Islands/CD01 - Studio Album
King Crimson - Islands/CD02 - Live In the UK
King Crimson - Islands/CD03 - Live In the US

My questions is how do I tag the albums which have different names? What is the best recommended way to do so?

Thanks!

Looks like you are almost there.

As an alternative to adding a DISCSUBTITLE tag, the disc identifier suffix in the album title can be specified as [disc <n>: <subtitle>] or (disc <n>: <subtitle>) or , disc <n>: <subtitle>.

Above extracted from Minimserver - Multidisc albums


Thanks but I am more confuse than before. The web site just terrible. Can you please provide an example how to do this? What do I need to add to the MinimServer configuration? What tags do I need to add to the files? I was looking at this form the site but it does not help:

In some cases, an album disc may have a meaningful subtitle as well as a disc number. If you tag the tracks from this disc with the disc subtitle by using the DISCSUBTITLE tag, the album contents will be displayed as separate discs and the selectable heading for this disc will be displayed with the subtitle name instead of the disc number. For example, you might tag the tracks from the first disc of the album Ummagumma with the DISCSUBTITLE tag value 'Live' and the tracks from the second disc with the DISCSUBTITLE tag value 'Studio'. If you do this, the selectable disc headings for this album will be displayed as '>> Live' and '>> Studio' instead of '>> Disc 1' and '>> Disc 2'.

As an alternative to adding a DISCSUBTITLE tag, the disc identifier suffix in the album title can be specified as [disc <n>: <subtitle>] or (disc <n>: <subtitle>) or , disc <n>: <subtitle>.
Find all posts by this user
Quote this message in a reply
05-06-2019, 19:44
Post: #4
RE: Multiple CDs within one Album
Ok, you can change the Album tag of each track in an album as follows:

For the King Crimson - Islands/CD01 - Studio Album
Set Album tag value to “Islands, disc 1: Studio Album”

For the King Crimson - Islands/CD02 - Live In the UK
Set the Album tag value to “Islands, disc 2: Live In the UK”

Etc.

Nb - omit the quotes from the tag value
Find all posts by this user
Quote this message in a reply
05-06-2019, 19:46
Post: #5
RE: Multiple CDs within one Album
The correct tag to use for albums like Islands is DISCSUBTITLE (in addition to DISCNUMBER).
Find all posts by this user
Quote this message in a reply
05-06-2019, 20:19
Post: #6
RE: Multiple CDs within one Album
(05-06-2019 19:46)simoncn Wrote:  The correct tag to use for albums like Islands is DISCSUBTITLE (in addition to DISCNUMBER).

What do I fill in for DISCSUBTITLE?
Find all posts by this user
Quote this message in a reply
05-06-2019, 20:29 (This post was last modified: 05-06-2019 20:54 by Alandbush.)
Post: #7
RE: Multiple CDs within one Album
(05-06-2019 20:19)rompolompo Wrote:  
(05-06-2019 19:46)simoncn Wrote:  The correct tag to use for albums like Islands is DISCSUBTITLE (in addition to DISCNUMBER).

What do I fill in for DISCSUBTITLE?

For the King Crimson - Islands/CD01 - Studio Album

Set Album tag value to “Islands”
Set Discnumber tag value to “1”
Set Discsubtitle tag value to “Studio Album”

Etc.

Nb - omit the quotes from the tag value
Find all posts by this user
Quote this message in a reply
05-06-2019, 20:31
Post: #8
RE: Multiple CDs within one Album
Do I need to add DISCSUBTITLE to the minimserver configuration as well?
Find all posts by this user
Quote this message in a reply
05-06-2019, 20:53
Post: #9
RE: Multiple CDs within one Album
(05-06-2019 20:31)rompolompo Wrote:  Do I need to add DISCSUBTITLE to the minimserver configuration as well?

No, it is purely a tag change.
Find all posts by this user
Quote this message in a reply
05-06-2019, 21:03
Post: #10
RE: Multiple CDs within one Album
OK. Tested and it works. Many thanks!
Find all posts by this user
Quote this message in a reply
Post Reply 


Forum Jump:


User(s) browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)