GaryL
12-22-2010, 06:42 AM
I prefer to sort my albums by artist surname, but to display in the UI/DS in "firstname lastname" format. So, I was really pleased to see that v3 introduced support for the use of Sort tags. None of my ca 12000 FLAC files had the sort tags already - I'd previously had the convention of writing AlbumArtist as "lastname, firstname" and Artist as "firstname lastname". So I performed a bulk update. I used MP3Tag to export a metadata CSV file, manipulated the contents in MS Access and reimported the modified data as a CSV, again using MP3Tag. This was a single pass process, so every file was handled identically with respect to Tag names etc.
Unfortunately, I'm at a loss to understand the way Asset has handled this.
For about 80% of artists/albumartists, Kinsky Desktop displays things exactly as I expected. So, depending on the "Artist Sort Handling" option, Jackson Browne is sorted under B, J or both.
The other 20% of albums always appear to be sorted by first name, irrespective of the Asset configuration option. So, for example, Annie Lennox always appears under A in both Artist and AlbumArtist trees.
I can see no obvious problems with the metadata. Below are exports from the Converter's Write Metadata effect from the two artists I've mentioned above:
<IDTags>
<AccurateRipResult>AccurateRip: Accurate (confidence 8) [9404D8D7]</AccurateRipResult>
<AccurateRipDiscID>010-000f0ee5-0078d56d-7509a80a-1</AccurateRipDiscID>
<Title>Take It Easy</Title>
<Composer>Jackson Browne Mad Lion Duke Ellington Glenn Frey</Composer>
<UPC>075596062626</UPC>
<Style>Soft Rock Folk-Rock Psychedelic Singer/Songwriter Contemporary Pop/Rock</Style>
<Rating>10</Rating>
<Album>For Everyman</Album>
<Genre>Rock</Genre>
<AlbumArtistSort>Browne, Jackson</AlbumArtistSort>
<Artist>Jackson Browne</Artist>
<ArtistSort>Browne, Jackson</ArtistSort>
<Year>1973</Year>
<replaygain_track_gain>-6.06 dB</replaygain_track_gain>
<replaygain_track_peak>0.999969</replaygain_track_peak>
<Track>1/10</Track>
<Disc>1/1</Disc>
<albumartist>Jackson Browne</albumartist>
</IDTags>
<IDTags>
<AccurateRipResult>AccurateRip: Accurate (confidence 14) [E2782172]</AccurateRipResult>
<AccurateRipDiscID>014-00209425-0159e7d9-c80e910e-1</AccurateRipDiscID>
<Title>Little Bird</Title>
<Composer>Annie Lennox</Composer>
<UPC>886973692622</UPC>
<Style>Adult Alternative Pop/Rock Club/Dance Pop/Rock Adult Contemporary</Style>
<Album>The Annie Lennox Collection</Album>
<Genre>Rock</Genre>
<Rating>7</Rating>
<Disc>1/1</Disc>
<AlbumArtistSort>Lennox, Annie</AlbumArtistSort>
<Artist>Annie Lennox</Artist>
<ArtistSort>Lennox, Annie</ArtistSort>
<Year>2009</Year>
<Track>1/14</Track>
<albumartist>Annie Lennox</albumartist>
<replaygain_track_gain>-8.85 dB</replaygain_track_gain>
<replaygain_track_peak>0.988861</replaygain_track_peak>
</IDTags>
I've tried getting Asset to do a complete rescan, but the behaviour seems to be exactly the same afterwards. Any suggestions?
Thanks
Gary
Unfortunately, I'm at a loss to understand the way Asset has handled this.
For about 80% of artists/albumartists, Kinsky Desktop displays things exactly as I expected. So, depending on the "Artist Sort Handling" option, Jackson Browne is sorted under B, J or both.
The other 20% of albums always appear to be sorted by first name, irrespective of the Asset configuration option. So, for example, Annie Lennox always appears under A in both Artist and AlbumArtist trees.
I can see no obvious problems with the metadata. Below are exports from the Converter's Write Metadata effect from the two artists I've mentioned above:
<IDTags>
<AccurateRipResult>AccurateRip: Accurate (confidence 8) [9404D8D7]</AccurateRipResult>
<AccurateRipDiscID>010-000f0ee5-0078d56d-7509a80a-1</AccurateRipDiscID>
<Title>Take It Easy</Title>
<Composer>Jackson Browne Mad Lion Duke Ellington Glenn Frey</Composer>
<UPC>075596062626</UPC>
<Style>Soft Rock Folk-Rock Psychedelic Singer/Songwriter Contemporary Pop/Rock</Style>
<Rating>10</Rating>
<Album>For Everyman</Album>
<Genre>Rock</Genre>
<AlbumArtistSort>Browne, Jackson</AlbumArtistSort>
<Artist>Jackson Browne</Artist>
<ArtistSort>Browne, Jackson</ArtistSort>
<Year>1973</Year>
<replaygain_track_gain>-6.06 dB</replaygain_track_gain>
<replaygain_track_peak>0.999969</replaygain_track_peak>
<Track>1/10</Track>
<Disc>1/1</Disc>
<albumartist>Jackson Browne</albumartist>
</IDTags>
<IDTags>
<AccurateRipResult>AccurateRip: Accurate (confidence 14) [E2782172]</AccurateRipResult>
<AccurateRipDiscID>014-00209425-0159e7d9-c80e910e-1</AccurateRipDiscID>
<Title>Little Bird</Title>
<Composer>Annie Lennox</Composer>
<UPC>886973692622</UPC>
<Style>Adult Alternative Pop/Rock Club/Dance Pop/Rock Adult Contemporary</Style>
<Album>The Annie Lennox Collection</Album>
<Genre>Rock</Genre>
<Rating>7</Rating>
<Disc>1/1</Disc>
<AlbumArtistSort>Lennox, Annie</AlbumArtistSort>
<Artist>Annie Lennox</Artist>
<ArtistSort>Lennox, Annie</ArtistSort>
<Year>2009</Year>
<Track>1/14</Track>
<albumartist>Annie Lennox</albumartist>
<replaygain_track_gain>-8.85 dB</replaygain_track_gain>
<replaygain_track_peak>0.988861</replaygain_track_peak>
</IDTags>
I've tried getting Asset to do a complete rescan, but the behaviour seems to be exactly the same afterwards. Any suggestions?
Thanks
Gary