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"Mix Album" field meaning changed?
dmitch77:
I'm pretty sure that as of a year ago, the predefined "Mix Album" library field was inferred simply by "Artist != Album Artist".
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,135583.msg939593.html#msg939593
At that time the file's "Compilation" tag was ignored. However as of today, it appears as if the the Compilation tag is in fact used to determine the "Mix Album" field. It looks to me like
Mix Album := (Artist != Album Artist) OR (Compilation flag set)
I can't find anything in any release notes or the wiki on this possible change. Am I reading the behavior correctly? Has this behavior in fact changed in the last year?
Thanks.
EnglishTiger:
A "Mix Album" is any Album where the [Artist] field/tag for one or more tracks contains different Data (Artist Name or Artists Names) to the other Tracks regardless of what the [Album Artist] field/track or [Compilation] field/track contains.
dmitch77:
--- Quote from: EnglishTiger on April 02, 2024, 09:51:01 am ---A "Mix Album" is any Album where the [Artist] field/tag for one or more tracks contains different Data (Artist Name or Artists Names) to the other Tracks regardless of what the [Album Artist] field/track or [Compilation] field/track contains.
--- End quote ---
That's different from what Matt told me last year in the referenced thread. Has this changed since then?
Also...what does "other Tracks" mean? What other tracks, where? AFAICT, "Mix album" is a library field which is inferred for, and applies to, individual files.
EnglishTiger:
What Matt was referring to is an Album where the [Artist] and [Album Artist] contain the same data/value for every track on the disc.
So if on a 10 Track Album if the [Artist] field/tag for tracks 1- 9 only contains Artist1 but for track 10 it contains anything other than just Artist1 MC will assume it's a "Mix Album" and store that fact for every track on the disc.
"Mix Album" is Inferred for the Album but because of the way MC Works has to be stored in every track on the album.
Oh and the reason why the Compilation field/tag does not get used when MC is determining if an Album is a Mix Album is because that is a tag that only exists inn MC if the individual user adds it.
dmitch77:
--- Quote from: EnglishTiger on April 02, 2024, 01:43:02 pm ---What Matt was referring to is an Album where the [Artist] and [Album Artist] contain the same data/value for every track on the disc.
--- End quote ---
Further experimentation seems to indicate that Album Artist has no effect whatsoever on the inferred "Mix Album" field. Is that correct? If so then I do not understand Matt's comment last year at all.
--- Quote --- So if on a 10 Track Album if the [Artist] field/tag for tracks 1- 9 only contains Artist1 but for track 10 it contains anything other than just Artist1 MC will assume it's a "Mix Album" and store that fact for every track on the disc.
--- End quote ---
Just to be clear: this is true only when the tracks are all in the same folder on disc - correct? If the files are stored in different folders, this logic does not apply. (There is otherwise no rule about files from the same album having to be in the same folder...)
--- Quote ---Oh and the reason why the Compilation field/tag does not get used when MC is determining if an Album is a Mix Album is because that is a tag that only exists inn MC if the individual user adds it.
--- End quote ---
Not sure I understand this. There are plenty of tags which optionally exist in a file but which MC uses if they are present. Movement, Month, Total Discs, all can be used by MC but are not always present. Why can't MC use the Compilation flag if it's present?
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