Zen Touch Sync with WMP10: Artist vs Album Artist ID Tags
Skittler
here goes...
WMP10 automatically stores both "Artist" and "Album Artist" in ID Tags
when ripping CDs. Usually you want to view by "Album Artist", not by
"Artist". Indeed, the first standard WMP10 view in the left hand column
is by "Album Artist".
Unfortunately, after using WMP10 to Sync to the Zen, I've realised that
the Zen organises its Music Library by "Artist". This means odd tracks
(with guest artists, for example) that you expect to find under one
main Album Artist are filed elsewhere under a different Artist. it also
means that if you select the entire set of tracks for the Artist you
don't get the whole original album, as a couple of tracks are filed
elsewhere.
I know I could search by Album instead, but any ideas on how to fix the
Artist issue?
Obviously I could edit all my Artists in WMP10 to match the Album
Artist before Syncing, but I don't fancy doing that for 500+ CDs worth.
StainlessSteelRat
> I know I could search by Album instead, but any ideas on how to fix
> the Artist issue?
>
> Obviously I could edit all my Artists in WMP10 to match the Album
> Artist before Syncing, but I don't fancy doing that for 500+ CDs
> worth.
Really that's all you can do unfortunately. The Album Artist concept is
relatively new, and to-date none of the Creative players have supported this
idea. Personally for albums with Various Artists I tend to give the
individual artist, and then when necessary I queue by album. Mostly I queue
by album though.
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