I would recommend that we allow the user to select which tag they want to be used for album artist. For example, Exaile could read and write the foobar2000 style (TXXX:Album Artist (I think)), iTunes/WMP/whatever style (TPE2 (usually called Band/Performer)), or some other kind. Allowing only one way would frustrate many people (I use foobar2000 on Windows, so using TPE2 wouldn't work out well for me.)
Of course, we should choose a default that would work for most people (probably TPE2).
Album Artist tag
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[x] Read and write album artist tag in iTunes/WMP/Amarok format.
[ ] Read and write album artist tag in foobar2000 format.
I really hope that a future version of id3 sorts this mess out.
I would recommend that we allow the user to select which tag they want to be used for album artist. For example, Exaile could read and write the foobar2000 style (TXXX:Album Artist (I think)), iTunes/WMP/whatever style (TPE2 (usually called Band/Performer)), or some other kind. Allowing only one way would frustrate many people (I use foobar2000 on Windows, so using TPE2 wouldn't work out well for me.)
Of course, we should choose a default that would work for most people (probably TPE2).
Album Artist tag ------- -------
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[x] Read and write album artist tag in iTunes/WMP/Amarok format.
[ ] Read and write album artist tag in foobar2000 format.
I really hope that a future version of id3 sorts this mess out.