Displaying Albums where Artist is AlbumArtist and also Trackartist

[pask]

Quote:Do you have 1200 AlbumArtist values, as that's the list you need to generate not Track Artist.

Around 600 AlbumArtist, which is why I prefer to browse my library by this tag (after selecting a genre)

Quote:If you use Mp3tag you could load your collection up, then run an export script with:
Code:
$ filename(D:\downloads\tagUpdate.txt,utf-16)
$ loop(%albumartist%,1)@ARTIST=%albumartist%
+ARTISTALL=%albumartist%
$ loopend()
NOTE: I've had to add a space after the $ in the above code in order for it to submit, so you'll need to remove those.
Obviously change the location to wherever you want.

I'm using Metadatics, great tool but doesn't seems to provide export scripts. I might give Mp3tag a chance then, or see what I can get with foobar thanks for the script, I'll investigate this direction.

Quote:Just in case you don't know (as you've been saying "Artist (Album Arist)"), the "Artist" index uses the AlbumArtist tag by default, but will use the Artist tag where there are missing AlbumArtist values. I always have AlbumArtist values populated so it wouldn't make any difference, but it might be worth using the AlbumArtist index instead just so it's explicit (you can always rename it to Artist if you want).

Yep, got it. Sorry if I've been mixing denominations on previous messages but I'm clear with the role of each

Quote:EDIT: Just reread your post and you stated you're on a mac....Do you have a folder structure that includes AlbumArtist, and are you capable on the command line? I don't know anything about the mac to know what software is on there.

i do, but I wouldn't trust it to make any rules.

Most of my files are well documented, some have 3 to 8 musicians tagged on Trackartist. I always make sure to document the Albumartist in that scenario to avoid all TrackArtist to show up on my Artist browsing list, the goal is to make it as short as possible.

TrackArtist is useful for me since Jazz is mixing lot of musicians and I love to know that one musician, while having his own albums as a leader, is also collaborating with other musicians. This is after all one great add-on of dematerialized medias.

Thanks again