freedb title being split up into title - artist ??

[m.s.l]

freedb title:
BWV 596 Concerto D Minor - Grave.flac
imported:
artist ->BWV 596 Concerto D Minor
title-> Grave

or
freedb title:
Menuet F-Dur BWV Anh. 113
imported:
artist ->Menuet F
title-> Dur BWV Anh. 113


How do I stop this????

[Spoon]

Re: freedb title being split up into title - artist ??

That is how freedb separates multi artists on an album [artist] - [title]

[m.s.l]

Re: freedb title being split up into title - artist ??

Well, this makes tagging classical almost impossible, have to redo everything

Anyway to change the behavior ??

[Spoon]

Re: freedb title being split up into title - artist ??

You are best using gd3 or amg

[DazBYorks]

Re: freedb title being split up into title - artist ??

Hi,

FreeDB separates artists and titles using " / ", "-" shouldn't be used.

Daz

[Spoon]

Re: freedb title being split up into title - artist ??

It should not be but a relative high percentage of tracks are in the database separated by '-'

dBpoweramp will split on '-' only if it is present in all tracks on a disc.

[m.s.l]

Re: freedb title being split up into title - artist ??

Which is like almost always, w classical

[DazBYorks]

Re: freedb title being split up into title - artist ??

Hi,

Developers supporting it does nothing to discourage the use of...

Daz