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kyller

Feb 4 2007, 12:48

I've ripped a CD by "The Beach Boys", and I want to add more than one genre in their ID3 tags... Now it has "Surf Music", but i want to add "Classical Rock". What I have to do add in the properties window?

"Surf Music";"Classical Rock"
Surf Music;Classical Rock
Surf Music; Classical Rock
Surf Music Classical Rock

??

Funkstar De Luxe

Feb 4 2007, 12:54

Personally I would use Surf Music; Classical Rock. But I see no real technical reason to not use others.

kyller

Feb 4 2007, 13:01

Thanks
I am asking this because i want this CD to appear when I search only for "Surf Music" and/or "Classical Rock", just like tags...

Yotsuya

Feb 4 2007, 13:14

To use multiple values for genre double check that GENRE is listed under:
File> Preferences> Advanced> Display> Properties Dialog> "Multivalue Fields"

Then you can enter all genres in the standard properties box using a semicolon ; to separate each genre.
Classical Rock;Surf Music

Foobar's ability to process multivalue tags is rather limited though, many people will tag the GENRE with the common mainstream genre for the song (i.e: Classical Rock) and then use a STYLE tag for a more specific genre (i.e.: Surf Music).

kyller

Feb 4 2007, 16:17

Very thanks, Yotsuya!

skazhy

Feb 6 2007, 13:09

i don't want to make a new topic, so i will post my question here.
it's rather simillar to FalledAngel's.

i want to show the band and their genre (in albumlist).
like this - Led Zeppelin /rock/.
but if i've tagged this band /eg Led Zeppelin/with many different genres, albumlist shows something like this
Led Zeppelin /Rock/
Led Zeppelin /Blues/
Led Zeppelin /Funk/
..and so on.

But i want, that Led Zeppelin occupies only one line. Is it possible, that f2k displays smth like this:
Led Zeppelin /Rock;Blues;Funk/?

Cosmo

Feb 6 2007, 16:22

skazhy,

QUOTE

$meta_sep(name,sep)

Returns value of tag called name. If multiple values of that tag exist, they are concatenated with sep as separator.

Example: $meta_sep(artist,' + ') → "He + She + It"

QUOTE

$meta_sep(name,sep,lastsep)

Returns value of tag called name. If multiple values of that tag exist, they are concatenated with sep as separator between all but the last two values which are concatenated with lastsep.

Example: $meta_sep(artist,', ',', and ') → "He, She, and It"

http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?ti...28name.2Csep.29

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