Disappearing semi-colon

[adavis521]

In order to separate multiple artists (or composers) I use semi-colons, but the semi-colons disappear after ripping after ripping them and I have to manually replace them in a tag editor file so that my music player recognizes the artists as multiple separate artists rather than one with a very long name. Is there a way to make sure the semi-colon stays in the tag so I don't have to do this time consuming task? Thanks so much...

Adam

[Spoon]

Re: Disappearing semi-colon

Ripping to which format?

[adavis521]

Re: Disappearing semi-colon

To FLAC.

[finnbrodersen]

Re: Disappearing semi-colon

In order to separate multiple artists (or composers) I use semi-colons, but the semi-colons disappear after ripping after ripping them and I have to manually replace them in a tag editor file so that my music player recognizes the artists as multiple separate artists rather than one with a very long name. Is there a way to make sure the semi-colon stays in the tag so I don't have to do this time consuming task? Thanks so much...

Adam

I have the same problem. The semi colon's ( turns into slash (/)

Using external converter LAME to convert to mp3.

[Spoon]

Re: Disappearing semi-colon

'; ' is used by dbpoweramp to separate multiple artists etc, and when writing to the respective formats the correct way of splitting the multiple artists are used, FLAC is:

artist=artist1
artist=artist2

mp3 is:

artist1/artist2

We have a DSP effect to force '; ' (ID Tag Processing), but it is not recommended as the above examples are the correct ways of handling multi-artists.

[adavis521]

Re: Disappearing semi-colon

Spoon, I don't really understand your answer, maybe I'm not quite as technical.

But here is the problem, the semi-colon disappears and then my players no longer recognize the artists as multiples, they recognize it as a single long artist. How can I make the semi-colon stay in the tag after ripping?

Thanks,
Adam

[Spoon]

Re: Disappearing semi-colon

What is your player?

[adavis521]

Re: Disappearing semi-colon

I use media monkey and squeezebox.

[Spoon]

Re: Disappearing semi-colon

Insert the DSP effect ID Tag Processing and force '; ' (which is one of the options). Media Monkey should update their software...

[schindler]

Re: Disappearing semi-colon

squeezebox products read it correct as Spoon explained...

check with mp3tag and there you can see metadata. you will see that you have several ARTIS.

christian