Disable or Toggle automatic adding of ALBUM ARTIST to mp3 when COMPILATION=1

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Disable or Toggle automatic adding of ALBUM ARTIST to mp3 when COMPILATION=1

March 05, 2014, 03:35 PM

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Album Artist tag added when converting FLAC to mp3 when COMPILATION =1 - dBpoweramp Forum

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?33336-Album-Artist-tag-added-when-converting-FLAC-to-mp3-when-COMPILATION-1&p=143751*post143751

In some testing today with R15 I noticed an odd outcome. I have a FLAC file that has no ALBUM ARTIST, ALBUMARTIST, OR BAND tag. But it does have COMPILATION=1. When I convert this FLAC to mp3, all works as expected, except an ALBUM ARTIST = Various Artists gets added as a tag. ALBUM ARTIST does NOT get added if I convert a file

Converting a FLAC file to mp3 (lame) that has COMPILATION=1 automatically adds an ALBUM ARTIST tag = "Various Artists" even if the FLAC file did not have an ALBUM ARTIST tag. My preference would be to use only the ALBUM ARTIST tag value coming from the FLAC file. That is, if FLAC file has AA filled in, then use this value. If FLAC file does not have an AA tag, then the resulting mp3 shouldn't have an AA either. Thanks.
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