Year By Track

[RoyalEF]

Re: Year By Track

I could add tags, but I try to keep the most relevant info in the most supported tags. Simply put, there was always a need of an AlbumYear vs a TrackYear. This would be helpful as my folder names include "([year])" which for a compilation now generate multiple folders (one per year). So "([album year])" would be lovely. I suppose I could create that tag for compilations. Make my life a little easier.


There is a checkbox in CD Ripper that offers to force EACH TRACK GENRE THE SAME. I simply see a need to UNFORCE for EACH TRACK YEAR THE SAME. If it stored in the the db cache so I don't have to redo the work, that would be great.

[mville]

Re: Year By Track

Now I know the major databases don't have this data, but the CD ripper destroys this data when I enter it.

I prefer that a Greatest Hits compilation to have accurate Release Years for each track in the primarily supported YEAR tag. A Jackson 5 Hit CD pressed in 2005 will set "I Want You" as 2005, instead of 1965 when it was actually released. If I make a smartlist of "Songs of the 1960s" these would never show up.

What's worse is dBpoweramp deletes the year data I enter.

I MUST complete my MetaData review first. Opening the Metadata review to make a change to a track will throw away all the individual years (so I suppose year should appear on the metaData review screen?)

If I've completed all my other corrections, I then correct the year of every track. Immediately RIP the CD.

Now unfortunately, once the CD is removed the Year data is lost. It isn't written to poweramp cache. If I need to re-rip, I'll have to enter all the years again. :-(

I think this is because Illustrate likes to adhere as closely as it is possible, to tagging standards, which probably states that YEAR should contain the CD release year. Hence the behaviour you are seeing. (please don't quote me on this though, as I am not sure)

Don't forget, you are able to add your own tags e.g. TrackReleaseYear and populate it with what you like.

[RoyalEF]

Now I know the major databases don't have this data, but the CD ripper destroys this data when I enter it.

I prefer that a Greatest Hits compilation to have accurate Release Years for each track in the primarily supported YEAR tag. A Jackson 5 Hit CD pressed in 2005 will set "I Want You" as 2005, instead of 1965 when it was actually released. If I make a smartlist of "Songs of the 1960s" these would never show up.

What's worse is dBpoweramp deletes the year data I enter.

I MUST complete my MetaData review first. Opening the Metadata review to make a change to a track will throw away all the individual years (so I suppose year should appear on the metaData review screen?)

If I've completed all my other corrections, I then correct the year of every track. Immediately RIP the CD.

Now unfortunately, once the CD is removed the Year data is lost. It isn't written to poweramp cache. If I need to re-rip, I'll have to enter all the years again. :-(