About APEv2 tags and possibilities
Reply #2 – 2003-05-07 08:32:57
Thank you Dibrom for your comments. You're right : there are no problems with multiple tags using the same name. Foobar show them in the playlist, separated by a « , » ; Winamp 2 introduce a separation with an « ; ». Only problem : sorting. If a file has two string TITLE : - ACT I - Overture Foobar will show : ACT I, Overture (good point) However, if I add a new TITLE string : -Fidelio Foobar will show : ACT I, Overture, Fidelio Pity : I want Fidelio, ACT I, Overture And I can't reverse this order ... (maybe should I ask to Peter a new feature). With Winamp, I can change the order. In the file box, all strings, in TITLE informations are present, separated by a semicolon : [span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%']ACT I; Overture; Fidelio [/span] If I manually change the order :[span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'] Fidelio; ACT I; Overture [/span] , then foobar will take this modification in count : Fidelio, ACT I, Overture . It's fastidious to change the order, but possible... Therefore, the semicolon « ; » is a splitting character. I noticed it with some of my own comment tags, splitted in 3 or 4 parts (though I didn't understand why). If I enter, in fb2k, a title as : Fidelio; Act I; Overture I will have ONE field, filled with : Fidelio; Act I; Overture . The semicolon, introduce by foobar, will not split anything in foobar2000. But if I changed after that something else in the tag with winamp or another soft (tag, qcd...), then I will have in foobar THREE fields, one with Fidelio , another with Act I , and the last with Overture . This is a bit confusing... Should I split this message and post this part in fb2k forum ;-) (P.S) : space seemed to be allowed for the field name. Long name are allowed too (more than 64 characters, for sure).