INTERACT FORUM

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Reading ID3v2 Tags  (Read 2334 times)

noergeljoerg

  • Recent member
  • *
  • Posts: 14
Reading ID3v2 Tags
« on: January 10, 2018, 09:13:38 am »

Dear all, I'm importing files that have been tagged by Mp3tag and iTunes. MC23 shows default tags only, like Artist or Album. I want to use sort order tags too, that are stored in the files and are shown by Tag Dump, for example: TSOP (Artist Sort). I have tried to create a corresponding Library Field, but whatever I try as Name, it doesn't seem to work. I have tried so far: ARTISTSORT [as shown in Mp3tag], TSOP only, TSOP (Artist Sort) [as shown in Tag Dump]. Now I'm running out of ideas. Could somebody help me out? Many thanks!
Logged

JimH

  • Administrator
  • Citizen of the Universe
  • *****
  • Posts: 72438
  • Where did I put my teeth?
Re: Reading ID3v2 Tags
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2018, 09:40:11 am »

The name must match exactly, including case.  It's probably TSOP.

http://help.mp3tag.de/main_tags.html

If you use that, what does MC show?

Logged

noergeljoerg

  • Recent member
  • *
  • Posts: 14
Re: Reading ID3v2 Tags
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2018, 02:00:40 am »

TSOP does not work. I was hoping that someone else is using sort order as well and can give me a hint...
If I use TSOP the field shows up, but it is empty, so the MP3 tag is not read correctly.
Logged

JimH

  • Administrator
  • Citizen of the Universe
  • *****
  • Posts: 72438
  • Where did I put my teeth?
Re: Reading ID3v2 Tags
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2018, 06:11:38 am »

You may need to do a little research to find the correct name.  The data may not be where you think it is.
Logged

Matt

  • Administrator
  • Citizen of the Universe
  • *****
  • Posts: 42372
  • Shoes gone again!
Re: Reading ID3v2 Tags
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2018, 12:13:40 pm »

I think "Artist Sort" should work.  That's what we have in our ID3v2 tag lookup.
Logged
Matt Ashland, JRiver Media Center

noergeljoerg

  • Recent member
  • *
  • Posts: 14
Re: Reading ID3v2 Tags
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2018, 02:13:12 am »

Thanks, Matt! Artist Sort is working now :). Does that mean Tag Dump is showing the correct name MC is using in brackets after the ID3v2 frame name? Is this ID3v2 tag lookup available for reference somewhere?

I'm impressed by your fast replies, guys!
Logged

noergeljoerg

  • Recent member
  • *
  • Posts: 14
Re: Reading ID3v2 Tags
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2018, 04:20:49 am »

May I ask for another one? I am using the 'Sort Album Artist' field for some compilations. This is how it is called in iTunes. In Mp3tag it is ALBUMARTISTSORT. MC shows TSO2 as ID3v2 frame in Tag Dump. Does anybody know how to name the corresponding Library Field? I have tried 'TSO2' and 'Album Artist Sort' so far. In contrast to 'Artist Sort' there is no value in brackets in Tag Dump so I would guess it is not in the ID3v2 tag lookup table...

I just wanted to know in general how to access ID3v2 tags that MC does not know.
Logged

Matt

  • Administrator
  • Citizen of the Universe
  • *****
  • Posts: 42372
  • Shoes gone again!
Re: Reading ID3v2 Tags
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2018, 02:24:38 pm »

Currently it's not there.  But a future build will have support for the field:
Album Artist Sort

Thanks for the idea :)
Logged
Matt Ashland, JRiver Media Center

noergeljoerg

  • Recent member
  • *
  • Posts: 14
Re: Reading ID3v2 Tags
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2018, 09:23:29 am »

Thanks Matt!
When you plan to add new fields anyway, would it be much effort to add "Composer Sort" (TSOC), too? This is also missing from the iTunes default fields  ::)
Logged

Matt

  • Administrator
  • Citizen of the Universe
  • *****
  • Posts: 42372
  • Shoes gone again!
Re: Reading ID3v2 Tags
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2018, 09:26:26 am »

Thanks Matt!
When you plan to add new fields anyway, would it be much effort to add "Composer Sort" (TSOC), too? This is also missing from the iTunes default fields  ::)

Sure thing!

Next build:
NEW: Added support for the Album Artist Sort field and Composer Sort field to the ID3v2 code (TSO2 and TSOC).
Logged
Matt Ashland, JRiver Media Center
Pages: [1]   Go Up