Tagging classical music

[Budgie]

(22-03-2017 22:40)simoncn Wrote:  

(22-03-2017 00:47)Budgie Wrote:  Ok, I understand your example but what would you set in my Bach Cantatas? Would you set composition, group or both?

This is up to you and how you like to browse for music. As you have said in an earlier post that you want to browse for music by the work name (e.g., BWV 111), it would make sense for you to add both Group and Composition (or Work) tags to these files.

My post to which you have been referring was intended as a starting point for discussion, not a set of rules for how people should tag their music. The best way to tag music is to work backwards from how you want to browse and search your library and use tags that best enable you to do that.

Quote:I already have puddletag and see one can add titles and fields in the Settings>Tag Panel. What I am not sure of is the correct names and syntax for the three additional tags so I can be sure they conform with standards and will work with your program and BubbleDS etc.
What should I add to include conductor, composition and group?

There is no "correct" way and no standards for this. You can make the composition/work name long or short according to your preference. The same applies to the group name. The conductor name can be in whatever format you prefer. Whatever you choose to do, it is a good idea to use a consistent approach throughout your library. If you are considering using SongKong to help with tagging, you might choose to follow the conventions that SongKong uses.

Quote:Once I get the additional tags right what should I adjust in minimserver to get it all working?

Again, this is up to your preferences for how you want to browse and view your music. It would be a good idea to add Composition (or Work) to the indexTags property, so that you can browse your library by composition names. The same applies for Conductor if it isn't already there. You don't need to do anything to make the Group tag work.

Hi Simon,
Thanks for the reply. You raise some good questions. Will do more work and try harder!