Have been ripping my music library using dbP for several years.
Ripped simultaneously to FLAC, ALAC and LAME.
There are a lot of music apps that do not display the composer metadata.
Found one called HiFi cast +DLNA because I bought a Chromecast Audio that does.
Now HiFi Cast only can play FLAC or LAME not ALAC at present.
It can play to the Chromecast or to my blue tooth speakers from NAS or on board memory.
When playing using Hi Fi Cast I am still having difficulty displaying the composer metadata properly.
More than 90% of my music library have the multiple composer metadata ( maybe as well as artist meta data ) is separated by a semi colon ;
The rest of the tracks use a forward slash instead of a semi colon depending on what was used during ripping.
I am also assuming that the multiple artist info maybe / could be affected by this semi colon vs forward slash issue.
It appears that if the composer info is separated by a semi colon ;
eg
George Harrison; John Lennon; Paul McCartney; Ringo Starr
Then the HiFi cast only displays the last composer in the list of composers ie in the above example Ringo Star
For tracks that have multiple artists separated by a / then all the composers are displayed
eg
George Harrison/ John Lennon/ Paul McCartney/ Ringo Starr
I can change the composer meta data on my hard drive to and from
George Harrison; John Lennon; Paul McCartney; Ringo Starr
to
George Harrison/ John Lennon/ Paul McCartney/ Ringo Starr
and it works properly with a forward slash but does not with a semi colon every time.
Given that dbPoweramp and other rippers seem to use a semi colon mostly or a forward slash then it would appear that maybe it would be a good idea
to have HiFi Cast accept both?
To compound this if I play the same track or tracks using LAME the composer metadata presents correctly even though the separator is a semi colon ;
The app developers say that this is unlikely to be an app issue??
They were pointing the finger at my NAS but if I put the same music files onto the micro SD card on the tablet I get the same issue.
With FLAC and the separator being a semi colon the composer data ( and probably multiple artist ) info does not display all the names just the last name.
With FLAC with a slash the composer metadata displays all as expected.
With LAME it does not seem to mater if the separator is a semi colon or a slash the composer metadata displays all as expected.
So I am wondering why....
Is it an app issue?
Is it a FLAC issue?
Or ?
I am a little perplexed.
Anyone with any ideas / solutions?
Thanks
Ripped simultaneously to FLAC, ALAC and LAME.
There are a lot of music apps that do not display the composer metadata.
Found one called HiFi cast +DLNA because I bought a Chromecast Audio that does.
Now HiFi Cast only can play FLAC or LAME not ALAC at present.
It can play to the Chromecast or to my blue tooth speakers from NAS or on board memory.
When playing using Hi Fi Cast I am still having difficulty displaying the composer metadata properly.
More than 90% of my music library have the multiple composer metadata ( maybe as well as artist meta data ) is separated by a semi colon ;
The rest of the tracks use a forward slash instead of a semi colon depending on what was used during ripping.
I am also assuming that the multiple artist info maybe / could be affected by this semi colon vs forward slash issue.
It appears that if the composer info is separated by a semi colon ;
eg
George Harrison; John Lennon; Paul McCartney; Ringo Starr
Then the HiFi cast only displays the last composer in the list of composers ie in the above example Ringo Star
For tracks that have multiple artists separated by a / then all the composers are displayed
eg
George Harrison/ John Lennon/ Paul McCartney/ Ringo Starr
I can change the composer meta data on my hard drive to and from
George Harrison; John Lennon; Paul McCartney; Ringo Starr
to
George Harrison/ John Lennon/ Paul McCartney/ Ringo Starr
and it works properly with a forward slash but does not with a semi colon every time.
Given that dbPoweramp and other rippers seem to use a semi colon mostly or a forward slash then it would appear that maybe it would be a good idea
to have HiFi Cast accept both?
To compound this if I play the same track or tracks using LAME the composer metadata presents correctly even though the separator is a semi colon ;
The app developers say that this is unlikely to be an app issue??
They were pointing the finger at my NAS but if I put the same music files onto the micro SD card on the tablet I get the same issue.
With FLAC and the separator being a semi colon the composer data ( and probably multiple artist ) info does not display all the names just the last name.
With FLAC with a slash the composer metadata displays all as expected.
With LAME it does not seem to mater if the separator is a semi colon or a slash the composer metadata displays all as expected.
So I am wondering why....
Is it an app issue?
Is it a FLAC issue?
Or ?
I am a little perplexed.
Anyone with any ideas / solutions?
Thanks
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