Beginner question on dynamic naming

[garym]

Re: Beginner question on dynamic naming

OK. Ran into a little problem with my various artists sample. I have compilation checked and each song has the correct meta for Artist and Artist sort. At the album level meta, the album artist sort is set at various artists, as is the artist tag. Various artists is showing up on each song, rather than the artist name. I would like to have the artist name beside each song, if possible.

there is no "album level" metadata. All metadata is contained within each track (artist, album, album artist, etc.). If you've set the artist tag to "Various Artists" then that's what will show up on each song. With compilations, I would set the ALBUM ARTIST and ALBUM ARTIST SORT to Various Artists, but leave ARTIST as the actual artist on each track. Then you'll see the actual artist for each track on the compilation.

[Johnnyb]

Re: Beginner question on dynamic naming

Thanks for the clarification Gary. I think I have that sorted out.

Sim - I don't see that I have a Disctotal or Disc tag available? Where is it and why do I need it? Thanks.

[garym]

Re: Beginner question on dynamic naming

Thanks for the clarification Gary. I think I have that sorted out.

Sim - I don't see that I have a Disctotal or Disc tag available? Where is it and why do I need it? Thanks.

The disk tag is only used in my case when I have multiple disc. I do not use a disk tag if I only have one disc in the album. You would need the disc tag information entered, for example, to use my naming string that deals with multi disc albums.

[Johnnyb]

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Thanks Guys. Where can I set that in the program?

[garym]

Re: Beginner question on dynamic naming

Thanks Guys. Where can I set that in the program?

CD Ripper options, ID tags and metadata, tick the disk number boxes as tags you want to write to the tracks. Note when I do this if I have a single disc ripping I have to manually delete the 1 number from the disk number on the ripping page for that album so that it doesn&*8217;t write that disc number to the tag.

[Johnnyb]

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Is this the area at the top where I should be changing this:



My discs on multidisciplinary sets are labeled CD01, CD02 etc.

[garym]

Re: Beginner question on dynamic naming

Is this the area at the top where I should be changing this:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]3386[/ATTACH]

My discs on multidisciplinary sets are labeled CD01, CD02 etc.

that looks correct (you've ticked the Disk Number tag field). Are you saying that multidisk CDs are showing the album name appended with CD01, CD02, etc. If so, there is a setting in ripper options related to adding Disk Number to the end of the album title. I do NOT select that option. I want ALBUM title to be the same for all disks in the multidisk set (no appended disk number in the album title). Instead, I have the metadata field disknumber correct, and for files and folders, each disk is in a separate subfolder under the album subfolder.

[Johnnyb]

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No. The disc number is not appended to the album title. Each subfolder is titled CD01, CD02 etc. This is my file structure:

[garym]

Re: Beginner question on dynamic naming

No. The disc number is not appended to the album title. Each subfolder is titled CD01, CD02 etc. This is my file structure:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]3388[/ATTACH]

Aha. OK. This looks like everything is working as it should.

[garym]

Re: Beginner question on dynamic naming

I like your collection. Grant Green and Grateful Dead!

[Johnnyb]

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Thanks man1! I have a huge variety of music. Haven't started ripping the metallica or slipknot collection yet and I have to read some threads about tagging classical music. The CDs are taking up too much space. That's why I started this project. I need to make room so I can buy more records!

Gary, what is your opinion about the boxes Sim is suggesting above? Are they necessary?

[garym]

Re: Beginner question on dynamic naming

Thanks man1! I have a huge variety of music. Haven't started ripping the metallica or slipknot collection yet and I have to read some threads about tagging classical music. The CDs are taking up too much space. That's why I started this project. I need to make room so I can buy more records!

Gary, what is your opinion about the boxes Sim is suggesting above? Are they necessary?

I have all those same boxes ticked.

[Johnnyb]

Re: Beginner question on dynamic naming

Thanks! Are there any other things I need to check in the bottom of the box?

[garym]

Re: Beginner question on dynamic naming

Thanks! Are there any other things I need to check in the bottom of the box?

[ATTACH=CONFIG]3389[/ATTACH]

I have all of those that you have not ticked, ticked in my settings. not sure I need them all, but takes little space and I might. HDCD and pre-emphasis would only show up if the CDs you are ripping have those features. (p.s. I don't do anything special in ripping any HDCD disks I have).

[Johnnyb]

Re: Beginner question on dynamic naming

Thanks. An MBID tag will show up once in a while. Not sure what that is.

I think I'm ready to start ripping in earnest. I still have a little bit of a hiccup in Audirvana with various artists discs, but I think it is more a problem with that program and not with my tagging. So, I'll bug the people on their forums for that!

You guys have been so great helping me out. I really appreciate the time you both took to answer my endless questions. I promise to search first before I ask any more. I hope this thread will help others out.