RE: I basically always have to revise tags, particularly for Classic music

Since the beginning I've always had to revise tags too. But I do first name, last name and bandname, The. Also I ensure at least 2 digit track numbers. Another inconsistency is that in some multi-disk sets disc will show in browsers as separate releases, and very often the artist and album artists fields need to be updated to provide a consistent look in music players. I make sure the artist field is the person performing the song while album artist is where the album is to be filed (ie. the artist's or band's directory in the music library). I used to leave the album artists field empty for compilations - but found I need to use "Various Artists" for the look to be consistent in various browsers. Some seem to use artist if album_artist field is not populated which means compilations where artist field is populated show up as one song albums in some music players. I did discover a compilation field flag in FLAC but not all players look at that field.

I manually place albums in the music directory it doesn't really matter as music players will use the tags to display them in the GUI. Very much a PITA but has to be even a greater problem for Classical Music fans.

I use both the converter and ripper from dbPoweramp.

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Topic - What music servers / players automate Album Art retrieval ? - AbeCollins 16:06:42 07/23/24 (20)

RE: What music servers / players automate Album Art retrieval ? - mwheelerk 01:30:35 08/12/24 (0)

I prefer to attach images to the individual files - Feanor 04:01:53 07/24/24 (9)

Me too. - Goober58 18:19:33 07/25/24 (7)

I basically always have to revise tags, particularly for Classic music - Feanor 04:25:42 07/26/24 (6)

RE: I basically always have to revise tags, particularly for Classic music - Goober58 07:47:19 07/26/24 (4)

I rely on tags rather than file structure for Classical - Feanor 05:13:19 07/27/24 (3)

RE: I rely on tags rather than file structure for Classical - Goober58 14:29:00 07/27/24 (2)

I segregate the DSD from the PCM - also the 2Ch from the MCh - Chris from Lafayette 09:45:06 07/28/24 (1)

RE: I segregate the DSD from the PCM - also the 2Ch from the MCh - Goober58 15:43:20 07/28/24 (0)

I tend to prune titles a bit - E-Stat 07:38:55 07/26/24 (0)

That approach works best for LMS - E-Stat 09:28:55 07/24/24 (0)

Do I need to check every one of those album folders and load a cover art image into each? - Roseval 03:33:39 07/24/24 (8)

Wow, what a PITA - but thanks - AbeCollins 06:48:23 07/24/24 (7)

File size of music with artwork - mlsstl 07:39:16 07/24/24 (6)

Good point about file size - AbeCollins 08:23:16 07/24/24 (5)

What would be the advantage of embedding an album image into each music file? - Roseval 12:39:11 07/24/24 (0)

RE: Good point about file size - mlsstl 12:06:02 07/24/24 (1)

RE: Good point about file size - AbeCollins 12:22:35 07/24/24 (0)

RE: Good point about file size - Axiom05 11:47:11 07/24/24 (1)

RE: Good point about file size - AbeCollins 12:24:30 07/24/24 (0)

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RE: I basically always have to revise tags, particularly for Classic music - Goober58 07:47:19 07/26/24 (4)

I rely on tags rather than file structure for Classical - Feanor 05:13:19 07/27/24 (3)

RE: I rely on tags rather than file structure for Classical - Goober58 14:29:00 07/27/24 (2)

I segregate the DSD from the PCM - also the 2Ch from the MCh - Chris from Lafayette 09:45:06 07/28/24 (1)

RE: I segregate the DSD from the PCM - also the 2Ch from the MCh - Goober58 15:43:20 07/28/24 (0)

RE: I basically always have to revise tags, particularly for Classic music

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