Not seeing artist sort tag

[fphredd]

I've got my music tagged such that individual artists use the 'artist sort' tag in order to list last name, first name, e.g. Schultz, Adam.

I've installed the [Arrange Audio] add-on, but dBpoweramp doesn't see the tag. Any help greatly appreciated!

edit: version 12-22-2023

[fphredd]

Re: Not seeing artist sort tag

This is the Dynamic Naming scheme:

[IFVALUE]artistsort,[artistsort],[IFCOMP]Various Artists[][IF!COMP][artist][][]\[album]\[IFMULTI]Disc [disc][]\[title]

[simbun]

Re: Not seeing artist sort tag

I've installed the [Arrange Audio] add-on, but dBpoweramp doesn't see the tag.

To reference user defined tags you have to surround them with [tag] []:

[tag]artistsort[]
[tag]album artist sort[]

I'm still unclear on the exact rules and the naming that's required, but if something doesn't work I'll surround it with [tag][] and then try introducing spaces.

[fphredd]

Re: Not seeing artist sort tag

To reference user defined tags you have to surround them with [tag] []:

I'm still unclear on the exact rules and the naming that's required, but if something doesn't work I'll surround it with [tag][] and then try introducing spaces.

Thanks for the try. Without spaces I just get a sort by album, with spaces I still get regular sorting, i.e. first name, last name. I keep thinking the fact that it doesn't show up in the dBpoweramp explorer means there's something else going on and it's just failing to see the tag.

[simbun]

Re: Not seeing artist sort tag

Thanks for the try. Without spaces I just get a sort by album, with spaces I still get regular sorting, i.e. first name, last name. I keep thinking the fact that it doesn't show up in the dBpoweramp explorer means there's something else going on and it's just failing to see the tag.

The tags I specified above work for me, and I store the values in the ALBUMARTISTSORT and ARTISTSORT Vorbis tags.
I've never used dBpoweramp explorer, but MusicBee is a good program for verifying exactly where your tags are stored (Tag Code) using its Tag Inspector (right click on a file, Edit, then Tag Inspector in the new window).



I haven't verified your dynamic naming logic, but once you've verified that the tags are there try putting [tag]artistsort[] on the end of the filename.

[simbun]

Re: Not seeing artist sort tag

Without spaces I just get a sort by album, with spaces I still get regular sorting, i.e. first name, last name.

Given you're seeing different results doesn't that mean that it's evaluating [tag]artistsort[] as not empty? Are you using [tag]artistsort[] in all references in the naming string?


I didn't pick up on that the first time around. Best to paste your new naming string.

[fphredd]

Re: Not seeing artist sort tag

I didn't pick up on that the first time around. Best to paste your new naming string.

Tried:

[IFVALUE][tag]artistsort[],[tag][artistsort][],[IFCOMP]Various Artists[][IF!COMP][artist][][]\[album]\[IFMULTI]Disc [disc][]\[title]

[IFVALUE][tag]artist sort[],[tag][artist sort][],[IFCOMP]Various Artists[][IF!COMP][artist][][]\[album]\[IFMULTI]Disc [disc][]\[title]

[simbun]

Re: Not seeing artist sort tag

[IFVALUE][tag]artistsort[],[tag][artistsort][],[IFCOMP]Various Artists[][IF!COMP][artist][][]\[album]\[IFMULTI]Disc [disc][]\[title]

I think it's the '[tag][artistsort][]', you just need '[tag]artistsort[]'

[fphredd]

Re: Not seeing artist sort tag

I think it's the '[tag][artistsort][]', you just need '[tag]artistsort[]'

Success!! This worked:

[IFVALUE][tag]artistsort[],[tag]artistsort[],[IFCOMP]Various Artists[][IF!COMP][artist][][]\[album]\[IFMULTI]Disc [disc][]\[title]

Thank You for the help and the patience!!

A couple of interesting observations. The explorer doesn't have a way to read 'artistsort' without the space, but that naming does. MP3Tag, which I use with great success for tagging ease as well as the ability to expose hidden tags, exposes it both ways when tagged one way. My Logitech Squeezebox Server also read it fine without the space. No matter, all sorted out. Wooooo-hooooo!!

On a side note...do you know how do I delete previous entries; the list is pretty long now with formatting I won't use.

[fphredd]

Re: Not seeing artist sort tag

I think it's the '[tag][artistsort][]', you just need '[tag]artistsort[]'

So stick with me here...it worked and then it didn't?? Do you know how to clear all of the previous Dynamic Naming entries from memory? I'd like to start fresh...

[simbun]

Re: Not seeing artist sort tag

Success!!

Glad it worked for you.

On a side note...do you know how do I delete previous entries; the list is pretty long now with formatting I won't use.

It looks like they're stored in the registry, under:

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Illustrate\dBpoweramp

[fphredd]

Re: Not seeing artist sort tag

Glad it worked for you.



It looks like they're stored in the registry, under:

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Illustrate\dBpoweramp

Going to need it. I went back after the test run and it failed. I honestly have no clue why, so I'm going to clean them out and start fresh. Will keep ya updated. Again, thank you!!

[fphredd]

Re: Not seeing artist sort tag

Going to need it. I went back after the test run and it failed. I honestly have no clue why, so I'm going to clean them out and start fresh. Will keep ya updated. Again, thank you!!

Must have had too many to remember what was what. Cleaned the registry entries (again, help vm appreciated) and we get ready to run 80,000 tracks FLAC -> MP3 (travel library).