id3v2 TPE2 aka. AlbumArtist support

Stefan Bogner bochi at online.ms
Tue Oct 27 12:17:42 CET 2009


Hi,

currently, Amarok seems to support the TPE2 frame nicely with files that are in 
the collection, but if you add the file from the filebrowser, it will set 
"Artist" to TPE2.

I am using that tag a lot - imho it is a great solution for compilations, ie. 
set AlbumArtist to "VA" for all tracks on a compilation, and set "Artist" for 
each track individually. The Album will then show up as one Album with Artist 
"VA", but if you play a track it shows the tracks's artist. This works fine 
with all players I tried with my collection. Maybe this could be considered as 
an option to the current solution for compilations.

I am not sure whether or not the attached patch works (maybe I am missing 
something) - but setting the Artist to the value of TPE2 can't be right. 

Cheers-
Stefan
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