Originally Posted by
Johnnyb
I guess it does contradict that thread. They were sorted in the order of their first names. The artist and artist sort tags didn't make a difference. Go ahead, download the trial version. Give it a try!
I didn't need much convincing, and the store apps are sandboxed so it shouldn't leave any remnants behind.
I tested it with AlbumArtist and AlbumArtistSort just set to 'AlbumArtist' and then Artist values set to:
Code:
ARTIST ARTISTSORT
ArtistA DDDDDDD FFFFFFF, IIIIIII
ArtistB CCCCCCC EEEEEEE, KKKKKKK
ArtistC BBBBBBB HHHHHHH, LLLLLLL
ArtistD AAAAAAA GGGGGGG, JJJJJJJ
and the listing I was presented with was:
Audirvana_InitialSort.jpg
Which means it was sorted by ArtistSort!
To confirm I changed to the values:
Code:
ARTIST ARTISTSORT
ArtistA DDDDDDD GGGGGGG, IIIIIII
ArtistB CCCCCCC HHHHHHH, KKKKKKK
ArtistC BBBBBBB EEEEEEE, LLLLLLL
ArtistD AAAAAAA FFFFFFF, JJJJJJJ
And refreshed the database (at least it looked like it did) and this resulted in, no change whatsoever, but if I selected an Artist and clicked 'Show Metadata' it showed that the original value of sort was set:
Audirvana_Tag.jpg
So I deleted the library in Audirvana, closed it all down, restarted, set up a new library and the new sort order was working:
Audirvana_SecondSort.jpg
So it seems that it does reference ARTISTSORT (at least with flacs) but that it may be sticky, so if you want it modified then you need to do it manually or start the library from scratch.