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ReadyDNLA bizarre handling of MP3 tags
I have a few mp3 files that are tagged as follows;
Artist Artist1 feat. Artist 2, Artist3 & Artist 4
AlbumArtist Artist1 feat. Artist 2, Artist3 & Artist 4
For these files ReadyDLNA seems to automatically override the tag and sets;
dc:creator Various Artists
upnp:artist Various Artists
which is incredibly annoying.
If I change the tags to Artist1 feat. Artist 2, Artist3, Artists 4 ReadyDNLA will set;
dc:creator Artist1 feat. Artist 2, Artist3, Artists 4
upnp:artist Artist1 feat. Artist 2, Artist3, Artists 4
which is what I want to happen. Is there anyway to change th unwanted default behaviour?
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Having looked inside the ReadyDNLA files.db there seems to be a few different instances as well;
Artist1 Vs Artist2 + Artist3 Vs Artist4
Artist1 Presents Artist 2 feat. Artist3
It really has nothing to do with the ampersand. If the ID3 tag contains a field that is longer than 48 characters, it just gets called "Various Artists". The reason is because we ran across some media players that would buffer overflow and crash if these fields contained any longer strings. I suppose an alternative would be to just truncate at 48 characters.
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