Utilise "Album Artist"!

krucifix · 26th May 2011, 13:33

In the "Artist" listing on the front page, songs should be listed according to the Album Artist (if their tag has one). If there is no Album Artist listing, then they can be sorted by the Artist field.

I hate seeing "XXX feat YYY" in my list of Artists!!

Thx

krucifix · 26th May 2011, 21:57

Also, in the "Albums" listing, compilation CD's will be listed with the correct Album Artist, rather than the Artist of the first song on the CD.

Album Artist ftw.

MrSinatra · 4th June 2011, 05:53

see:

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=328403

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=329489

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=324570

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=324745

krucifix · 8th June 2011, 06:55

I'm not too sure any of those address my issue (my Album listing is perfectly fine, it just has a minor labeling issue in terms of the Artist (should be using AA, not the Artist of the first song on the CD)). All those threads were indicating that the Album listing was faulty (multiples Albums of the same name, with different artists), that's not the case for me.

It's the Artist listing that I'm having issues with, which is actually working correctly (it's sorting all my songs by Artist) - I'm simply suggesting it should NOT sort by Artist, but should be by AA.

My thread is a suggestion thread to utilise the Album Artist tag more than is currently happening - not a bug or error thread.

MrSinatra · 8th June 2011, 15:09

so in the droid app, when you go into "artists" you want to be able to switch on the fly between "artists" (for mp3 aka TPE1) and "albumartists" (TPE2), is that correct?

i certainly would like that as well.

under "albums" i think all albums should be listed "by" their TPE2 value.

(i bet they are thinking "artists/tpe1 for artists" and "albumartists/tpe2 for albums" and not going much beyond that at this point).

krucifix · 11th June 2011, 03:57

Yer i think that's right (i'm not 100% up with what tpe1/2 is exactly).

All I'm saying is, in the App, on the front screen, when I go to 'Artist', it should actually be 'Album Artist'.

And in the Album listings, every Album has a subtitle of the 'Artist'. This subtitle should be based off the 'Album Artist' too, because compilation Albums incorrectly label the artist in these cases.

MrSinatra · 13th June 2011, 21:35

you might have some interest in this:

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=331309

any helpful detailed feedback or observations to that thread will be appreciated.

Mixmaster Murr · 26th March 2012, 23:46

I have the same concern as "krucifix" (see post #6). On my Samsung Galaxy SII X, in the Albums view, the Album is correctly listed alphabetically in larger font, but below the subtitled artist is not the tagged Album Artist. It is using the tagged Artist field, showing up as the last alphabetically artist within that particular album. The actual tagged Album Artist is being ignored.

I have looked through - http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=331309, but hove not been able to solve my concern. Is there a format in the preferences naming that addresses this issue?

26th May 2011, 13:33	#1
krucifix Junior Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 10	Utilise "Album Artist"! In the "Artist" listing on the front page, songs should be listed according to the Album Artist (if their tag has one). If there is no Album Artist listing, then they can be sorted by the Artist field. I hate seeing "XXX feat YYY" in my list of Artists!! Thx

4th June 2011, 05:53	#3
MrSinatra Forum King Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: WKPS, State College Posts: 5,791	see: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=328403 http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=329489 http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=324570 http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=324745 PENN STATE Radio or http://www.LION-Radio.org/ -- BUG #1 = Winamp skips short tracks Wish #1 = Multiple Column Sorting Wish #2 = Add TCMP/Compilation editing

8th June 2011, 15:09	#5
MrSinatra Forum King Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: WKPS, State College Posts: 5,791	so in the droid app, when you go into "artists" you want to be able to switch on the fly between "artists" (for mp3 aka TPE1) and "albumartists" (TPE2), is that correct? i certainly would like that as well. under "albums" i think all albums should be listed "by" their TPE2 value. (i bet they are thinking "artists/tpe1 for artists" and "albumartists/tpe2 for albums" and not going much beyond that at this point). PENN STATE Radio or http://www.LION-Radio.org/ -- BUG #1 = Winamp skips short tracks Wish #1 = Multiple Column Sorting Wish #2 = Add TCMP/Compilation editing

13th June 2011, 21:35	#7
MrSinatra Forum King Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: WKPS, State College Posts: 5,791	you might have some interest in this: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=331309 any helpful detailed feedback or observations to that thread will be appreciated. PENN STATE Radio or http://www.LION-Radio.org/ -- BUG #1 = Winamp skips short tracks Wish #1 = Multiple Column Sorting Wish #2 = Add TCMP/Compilation editing

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26th May 2011, 21:57	#2
krucifix Junior Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 10	Also, in the "Albums" listing, compilation CD's will be listed with the correct Album Artist, rather than the Artist of the first song on the CD. Album Artist ftw.

8th June 2011, 06:55	#4
krucifix Junior Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 10	I'm not too sure any of those address my issue (my Album listing is perfectly fine, it just has a minor labeling issue in terms of the Artist (should be using AA, not the Artist of the first song on the CD)). All those threads were indicating that the Album listing was faulty (multiples Albums of the same name, with different artists), that's not the case for me. It's the Artist listing that I'm having issues with, which is actually working correctly (it's sorting all my songs by Artist) - I'm simply suggesting it should NOT sort by Artist, but should be by AA. My thread is a suggestion thread to utilise the Album Artist tag more than is currently happening - not a bug or error thread.

11th June 2011, 03:57	#6
krucifix Junior Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 10	Yer i think that's right (i'm not 100% up with what tpe1/2 is exactly). All I'm saying is, in the App, on the front screen, when I go to 'Artist', it should actually be 'Album Artist'. And in the Album listings, every Album has a subtitle of the 'Artist'. This subtitle should be based off the 'Album Artist' too, because compilation Albums incorrectly label the artist in these cases.

26th March 2012, 23:46	#8
Mixmaster Murr Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 1	I have the same concern as "krucifix" (see post #6). On my Samsung Galaxy SII X, in the Albums view, the Album is correctly listed alphabetically in larger font, but below the subtitled artist is not the tagged Album Artist. It is using the tagged Artist field, showing up as the last alphabetically artist within that particular album. The actual tagged Album Artist is being ignored. I have looked through - http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=331309, but hove not been able to solve my concern. Is there a format in the preferences naming that addresses this issue?