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+--Forum: The Lounge (off-topic)
+---Topic: Tag I wish existed - or use and misuse started by calberga
Posted by: calberga on April 19 2004,21:31
I have been organizing my mp3 in ways that are not easily reflected in the existing tags. As an example, suppose I take a recording of Handel's Op. 6 Concerti Grossi. I create a top-level directory, "Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Handel, Pinnock", then I create sub-directories for each Concerto, with the movements as individual files. I set the track numbers from 1 to n in each sub-directory. The title field holds the idenification of each movement, "I Allegro", "II Largo", etc. (For suites these are often the indvidual dance form, Courant, Saraband, etc.) Then comes the problem of placing the title of the work in each file. The Album field SHOULD contain data common to the entire set, but that doesn't leave any place of the work's title.
So, I've been co-opting the Album tag for things like "Concerto No. 4, E-flat major" (I just made that up). Of course, the album information is usually (if I'm good) in a .nfo or .txt file, and sometimes I think to put it in the Comment tag, but I would be really nice if there were a "Work" tag.
The other seemingly missing tag is "Arranger", such as a Bach ricercare arranged by Webern. I suppose one could include that in the Composer tag, but since we have a Lyricist tag it would seem to me to be cleaner to have an Arranger tag as well.
Any thoughts?
Posted by: Magnus Brading on April 20 2004,01:20
The problem is that ID3v2 tags are standardized, so I cannot add any fields to them. The possible fields are the ones included in the official specification only. Other fields would not be possible to read with any other program, and due to this I guess you might as well just decide on an unused field and keep your extra data in that field (for example the "ISRC" or "Payment" field maybe?).
Posted by: calberga on April 20 2004,01:43
Thanks for the reply. I wasn't asking for a change, I did know that the choice of tags wasn't yours, I was just (as the heading says) being "off-topic". These are wishes, not wants. The problem is (I would guess) that the people that drew up the standard didn't really think about non-"pop" music!
Posted by: Magnus Brading on April 20 2004,02:06
Ok, I see. Well, what can I say, send them some angry mails and maybe they'll think twice about not inserting those fields the next time.
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