Tags, Tags, and more Tags ...

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Tags, Tags, and more Tags ...

I could just as easily have used the > character, but such standards did not exist when I set off on my tagging marathon, many moons ago.

OK, I see, thanks.

So you might say that '~' vs. '>' could be a matter of personal preference.

[mville]

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So you might say that '~' vs. '>' could be a matter of personal preference.

It IS only a matter of personal preference (remember also, that the > is an illegal filename character, so it will need handling).

[monsterjazzlick]

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Hi,

On the Santana/McLaughlin CD, track-one is half music and half announcement!:

"Echoes Of Angels" / Introductions

Do you class this as:

Echoes Of Angels~Introductions

Many thanks.

[monsterjazzlick]

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It IS only a matter of personal preference (remember also, that the > is an illegal filename character, so it will need handling).

mville, Cheers. I am settling for '~'. Thanks.

[Oggy]

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Thanks Oggy,

I have just been trying out the '~' kind suggestion and I have to say that I am favouring this format.

In Foobar, if I search for '~', then all of the 'medleys' appear!

I think I also prefer the visual appearance. In the attached Santana/McLaughlin (PNG) track, I saved 15 x characters!

[ATTACH=CONFIG]1753[/ATTACH]

Cheers,

Paul

I have seen some names using the tilde character from one of the metadata providers; maybe they are rips entered by mville?! It is certainly a neat solution, and I like how you're using search to the max! Pleased that you've found a (legal) solution, that works well for you.

Let's hope that Aphex Twin considers the illegal characters, if he ever gives us another, Computer Controlled Accoustic Instruments, album!!

[Jailhouse]

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Let's hope that Aphex Twin considers the illegal characters, if he ever gives us another, Computer Controlled Accoustic Instruments, album!!

He might have used those characters because they're illegal. He wouldn't the first.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Tags, Tags, and more Tags ...

On the Santana/McLaughlin CD, track-one is half music and half announcement!:

"Echoes Of Angels" / Introductions

Do you class this as:

Echoes Of Angels~Introductions

Hope I am not being a pain by bumping my earlier question. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks a lot.

[Oggy]

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He might have used those characters because they're illegal. He wouldn't the first.

Ha! A work colleague got prison for importing an illegal character.

I like flirting with danger, so AC/DC remains!

[Oggy]

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Hope I am not being a pain by bumping my earlier question. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks a lot.

I thought you agreed with mville's suggestion, in post *49?

I forgot about the hash being replaced! This is exactly why the use of a legal character, such as the tilde, helps compatibility.

[monsterjazzlick]

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I thought you agreed with mville's suggestion, in post *49?

I forgot about the hash being replaced! This is exactly why the use of a legal character, such as the tilde, helps compatibility.

Hi Oggy,

Yes, I am using the '~' symbol for medley tracks.

But my question was rather would you use '~' when a single track consists of a song immediately followed by introductions/spoken material? I mean, it is not a medley because there is only one song!

eg. American Trilogy ~ Band Introductions

Really, the intros should have been placed on a separate track, rather than the tail end of another.

Cheers.

[Oggy]

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Hi Oggy,

Yes, I am using the '~' symbol for medley tracks.

But my question was rather would you use '~' when a single track consists of a song immediately followed by introductions/spoken material? I mean, it is not a medley because there is only one song!

eg. American Trilogy ~ Band Introductions

Really, the intros should have been placed on a separate track, rather than the tail end of another.

Cheers.

Yes, intros are often indexed incorrectly on CDs, so unless you split the track and re-index, in mville's words of wisdom, "it IS only a matter of personal preference".

[mville]

Re: Tags, Tags, and more Tags ...

Yes, I am using the '~' symbol for medley tracks.

But my question was rather would you use '~' when a single track consists of a song immediately followed by introductions/spoken material? I mean, it is not a medley because there is only one song!

When a single CD track contains more than 1 title, I use the tilde ~. I don't restrict it's use simply to medleys.

[monsterjazzlick]

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Yes, intros are often indexed incorrectly on CDs, so unless you split the track and re-index, in mville's words of wisdom, "it IS only a matter of personal preference".

Oggy,

OK, cheers.

I will stick with:

American Trilogy ~ Band Introductions

for now. 'Splitting' the track might be something for the future.

Paul

[monsterjazzlick]

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When a single CD track contains more than 1 title, I use the tilde ~. I don't restrict it's use simply to medleys.

mville,

OK great, thanks for clarifying.

Paul

[mville]

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Ha! A work colleague got prison for importing an illegal character.

I like flirting with danger, so AC/DC remains!

You do realise that I work undercover for the tagging police!!