Format of applied tags (Composer and Genre)

[drmrbrewer]

I'm trying out dbpoweramp.

In the main window before ripping (to ALAC) it looks up the Genre as "Pop/Rock". But in the ripped files, this is applied as "Pop\Rock" - i.e. "/" has become "\". Small point, but annoying. Any way to stop this?

Similarly, Composer is looked up as "Joe Bloggs; Paul Smith" but is ripped as "Joe Bloggs/Paul Smith". Again, small but irritating. I would like to use ";" instead of "/". Any way to stop this happening?

Thanks.

[Spoon]

Re: Format of applied tags (Composer and Genre)

If ripping to mp3 then '/' is the separator for multi-items, such as multi artists, ';' is only use to show the separator between artists or composers, if you were ripping to FLAC it would be stored differently again (each ID Tag format has different rules). That means if the artist is AC/DC then it has to be saved as AC\DC otherwise there are 2 artists AC and DC

[drmrbrewer]

Re: Format of applied tags (Composer and Genre)

I'm tagging ALAC files. Aren't these just ID3 tags?

Referring to the Genre tag, as mentioned in my post, dbpoweramp insists on tagging as "Pop\Rock" rather than "Pop/Rock" -- the latter seems to me to be far more conventional, for example one would write "and/or" and not "and\or".

If the use of '/' in such tags were somehow inappropriate, then why are they used in the ID3 list of standard Genre tags (e.g. "Pop/Funk")?

See Appendix A of http://www.id3.org/id3v2.3.0

Thanks.

[Spoon]

Re: Format of applied tags (Composer and Genre)

ALAC uses the iTunes m4a tagging format, and '/' is the separator as well.

[mville]

Re: Format of applied tags (Composer and Genre)

If ripping to mp3 then '/' is the separator for multi-items, such as multi artists, ';' is only use to show the separator between artists or composers, if you were ripping to FLAC it would be stored differently again (each ID Tag format has different rules). That means if the artist is AC/DC then it has to be saved as AC\DC otherwise there are 2 artists AC and DC

OK, agreed when used with Artists as this is a multi-value tag. Since when did Genre become a multi-value tag?

Also, using CDRipper 14.2 to Rip to Apple Lossless, Genre Pop/Soul is output as Pop\Soul, but Rip to mp3 (lame) Genre Pop/Soul is output as Pop/Soul (same as FLAC).

[Spoon]

Re: Format of applied tags (Composer and Genre)

We have always allowed multiple genres, Asset uses them.

[mville]

Re: Format of applied tags (Composer and Genre)

We have always allowed multiple genres, Asset uses them.

So, for consistency, shouldn't Rip to mp3 (lame) output Genre Pop/Soul as Pop\Soul, as it does for ALAC?

[drmrbrewer]

Re: Format of applied tags (Composer and Genre)

ALAC uses the iTunes m4a tagging format, and '/' is the separator as well.

Is there a reference somewhere which sets out the rules for m4a / ALAC tags? I'd like to go back through my collection to check that all the tags (especially ones with multi-value type separators like "/", and ";") are applied consistently and correctly.

I have quite a number of tracks ripped to AAC too -- does that use the same tagging conventions as ALAC?

Thanks.