29-Sep-2015, 05:19
rjalder,
F1eng will clarify, but I believe his complaint is that the tagging and organization of classical music files is not well handled by most 'library' software, whether iTunes or others. It has to do with how the music files are organized and ordered. With classical music, there are more ways, or alternatives, in how to classify and identify music. Is it by composer, or conductor, or orchestra? As well, many classical discs have several soloists, and that can come across as multiple artists in the metadata. I don't think he is referring to sound quality; rather, just the organizational file structure as sorted by various music playback applications.
I do not have an extensive classical collection, but even so, having a disc of say, Corelli, with some tracks with one soloist, and then other tracks with another, or more soloists, can create real annoyances when trying to organize music. Or if a disc has a collection of works by two composers, with many performers the tagging can be very frustrating.
F1eng will clarify, but I believe his complaint is that the tagging and organization of classical music files is not well handled by most 'library' software, whether iTunes or others. It has to do with how the music files are organized and ordered. With classical music, there are more ways, or alternatives, in how to classify and identify music. Is it by composer, or conductor, or orchestra? As well, many classical discs have several soloists, and that can come across as multiple artists in the metadata. I don't think he is referring to sound quality; rather, just the organizational file structure as sorted by various music playback applications.
I do not have an extensive classical collection, but even so, having a disc of say, Corelli, with some tracks with one soloist, and then other tracks with another, or more soloists, can create real annoyances when trying to organize music. Or if a disc has a collection of works by two composers, with many performers the tagging can be very frustrating.
Damon
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Vancouver, Canada
