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Re: Multiple Genre
Yes, I do this all the time. hmmm, should be dead simple. so you must be missing something simple here. So start simple with these steps:
1. install mp3tag and open it.
2. select one FLAC album to be active in mp3tag, select all these files (EDIT > select all files)
3. upper left side you see a panel with artist, title, genre, etc. in the genre box, type the genre you want (don't use drop down, actually type in the box). Enter something like "Country\\Folk" (without the quotes). Then hit the "save" icon upper left hand menu bar. So now your files have TWO genres.
4. right click on the "title bar" in the right side of screen (where you see track, title, artist, etc. as the column headings). Then choose "customize columns". Then scroll down to GENRE and select it. In the panel to the right you should see NAME = GENRE. Then for value you see something like %genre%. Delete this (the %genre%) and instead enter:
$meta(genre)
You may need to widen the column size (drag the column border to right) to see everything in the column.
Does this all work? Do you see both genres showing up in the genre column (here they would show up with a comma in between (e.g., Country,Folk). If you see this, then this means your files are fine and you've saved the right metadata.
I have no idea whether ASSET can read the multiple genres (I don't use ASSET). That's a separate issue. But Spoon seems to imply above that it can see separate genres. Or maybe this ability to see separate genres is a function of your player and kinsky. I know that in my Squeezebox system, the Logitech Music Sever shows my albums under EITHER genre when I have both genres in a flac file. So if I have two genres (Country and Folk) in the tags, I see those albums under the Country genre and also under the Folk genre.
Yes, I do this all the time. hmmm, should be dead simple. so you must be missing something simple here. So start simple with these steps:
1. install mp3tag and open it.
2. select one FLAC album to be active in mp3tag, select all these files (EDIT > select all files)
3. upper left side you see a panel with artist, title, genre, etc. in the genre box, type the genre you want (don't use drop down, actually type in the box). Enter something like "Country\\Folk" (without the quotes). Then hit the "save" icon upper left hand menu bar. So now your files have TWO genres.
4. right click on the "title bar" in the right side of screen (where you see track, title, artist, etc. as the column headings). Then choose "customize columns". Then scroll down to GENRE and select it. In the panel to the right you should see NAME = GENRE. Then for value you see something like %genre%. Delete this (the %genre%) and instead enter:
$meta(genre)
You may need to widen the column size (drag the column border to right) to see everything in the column.
Does this all work? Do you see both genres showing up in the genre column (here they would show up with a comma in between (e.g., Country,Folk). If you see this, then this means your files are fine and you've saved the right metadata.
I have no idea whether ASSET can read the multiple genres (I don't use ASSET). That's a separate issue. But Spoon seems to imply above that it can see separate genres. Or maybe this ability to see separate genres is a function of your player and kinsky. I know that in my Squeezebox system, the Logitech Music Sever shows my albums under EITHER genre when I have both genres in a flac file. So if I have two genres (Country and Folk) in the tags, I see those albums under the Country genre and also under the Folk genre.
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