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Custom fields - 'store 1 value per album' problem
InflatableMouse:
I am using some custom fields to store info for albums, for example "Discogs ID", "Catalog #" and "Source".
However, when the Artist and Album become the same, these values are inherited. The only way I know to prevent this from happening is to edit Album and add something (like (CD) or (SACD). This leads to other issues like fetching album covers.
Is there a way to control what MC sees as an "album"? I am really looking for a way to properly organize and keep multiple versions of the same album separate from each other. I would really like it if I could control which fields MC looks at (a tickbox in manage library fields, similar to 'default search field' perhaps).
Thanks for the help!
haggis999:
As far as I am aware, MC just accepts whatever Album name you choose to use.
I rip all my SACDs in three different versions: CD (FLAC), Stereo SACD (DSF) and Multi-channel SACD (DSF). Just like you, the only way I could find to keep all these rips under control within MC was to give each version a slightly different Album name (using the prefixes [CD], [SS] and [SM]). Any album-specific tags can thus be different for each version, should this be required.
My CD rips are done using dBpoweramp and its automated search for album covers is usually quite successful. This search is triggered before I make any manual edits to the Album tag. Even when I do a manual online search, it usually takes me less than a minute to find the correct image.
InflatableMouse:
Well I'm hoping we can find a better solution because the current work around is just that: a work around. Its far from ideal. I am not so lucky with my manual or automated searches when album titles are changed with tags, it varies.
What if I have 3 CD versions? Should I name them "Album Title [CD1]", "Album Title [CD2]" and "Album Title [CD3]"? Or should I add something else like a catalog number, and what if that is the same (which is sometimes the case)? Personally I don't like adding tags to album names and I rather keep them clean of extraneous information that should be in their own field.
I'm hoping we can explore ways to keep the album title as it is supposed to be, and look for other ways to make MC keep albums apart. When files are in a separate folder would certainly help, but maybe we can get some form of control over which fields MC looks at, like the tickbox I suggested earlier? Maybe there are other ideas, things I haven't thought of.
Dawgincontrol:
I have used the catalog number and put the type media in parenthesis.
eg Jeff Beck Truth has Catalog# EMI 795469 (CD)
Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins has Catalog# Impulse CIPJ-26-SA (SACD)
Could use any abbreviation/designation you like. Quickly accessible in a list.
haggis999:
--- Quote from: InflatableMouse on July 22, 2021, 08:05:23 am ---What if I have 3 CD versions? Should I name them "Album Title [CD1]", "Album Title [CD2]" and "Album Title [CD3]"? Or should I add something else like a catalog number, and what if that is the same (which is sometimes the case)? Personally I don't like adding tags to album names and I rather keep them clean of extraneous information that should be in their own field.
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Can you please give specific examples of a CD with three different versions, as I'm not sure I understand what you mean.
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