When I convert a whole album with multiple flac files, the album artist is converted with an error in most of the cases:
test@pr-de-inc:~/_BACKUP/Audio/flac-mp3/David Bowie/1967 David Bowie$ eyeD3 01\ Uncle\ Arthur.mp3
/home/test/_BACKUP/Audio/flac-mp3/David Bowie/1967 David Bowie/01 Uncle Arthur.mp3 [ 5.11 MB ]
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Time: 02:13 MPEG1, Layer III [ 320 kb/s @ 44100 Hz - Joint stereo ]
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ID3 v2.4:
title: Uncle Arthur
artist: David Bowie
album: David Bowie
album artist: David Bowie
recording date: 1967
track: 1/14 genre: Rock (id 17)
disc: 1
FRONT_COVER Image: [Size: 34743 bytes] [Type: image/jpeg]
Description:
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test@pr-de-inc:~/_BACKUP/Audio/flac-mp3/David Bowie/1967 David Bowie$ eyeD3 02\ Sell\ Me\ A\ Coat.mp3
/home/test/_BACKUP/Audio/flac-mp3/David Bowie/1967 David Bowie/02 Sell Me A Coat.mp3 [ 7.02 MB ]
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Time: 03:03 MPEG1, Layer III [ 320 kb/s @ 44100 Hz - Joint stereo ]
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ID3 v2.4:
title: Sell Me A Coat
artist: David Bowie
album: David Bowie
album artist: David BowieDavid Bowie
recording date: 1967
track: 2/14 genre: Rock (id 17)
disc: 1
FRONT_COVER Image: [Size: 34743 bytes] [Type: image/jpeg]
Description:
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As you can see: Album Artist on first track is "David Bowie", but on all other tracks of the album it is "David BowieDavid Bowie".
Album Artist on vorbis tag is consistently "David Bowie" in all tracks of this album.
I notice that the input flac file is structured like this:
So, my guess is that mp3fs concatenates...
comment[2]: ALBUMARTIST=David Bowie
...with...
comment[14]: ALBUM ARTIST=David Bowie
...resulting in a double entry in the id3 tag for album artist.
This seems to be the only difference I see between track 01 and track 02.
My suggestion would be that if both entries exist, "'ALBUM ARTIST'" and "'ALBUMARTIST'",...
"'ALBUMARTIST'" takes precedence and "'ALBUM ARTIST'" is ignored.
Ubuntu 22.04 using mp3fs V1.1.1
When I convert a whole album with multiple flac files, the album artist is converted with an error in most of the cases:
As you can see: Album Artist on first track is "David Bowie", but on all other tracks of the album it is "David BowieDavid Bowie". Album Artist on vorbis tag is consistently "David Bowie" in all tracks of this album.
I notice that the input flac file is structured like this:
test@pr-de-inc:~/_BACKUP/Audio/flac/David Bowie/1967 David Bowie$ metaflac --list --block-type=VORBIS_COMMENT 01\ Uncle\ Arthur.flac METADATA block #2 type: 4 (VORBIS_COMMENT) is last: false length: 211 vendor string: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917 comments: 9 comment[0]: TITLE=Uncle Arthur comment[1]: ARTIST=David Bowie comment[2]: ALBUMARTIST=David Bowie comment[3]: ALBUM=David Bowie comment[4]: DISCNUMBER=01 comment[5]: DATE=1967 comment[6]: TRACKNUMBER=01 comment[7]: TRACKTOTAL=14 comment[8]: GENRE=Rock test@pr-de-inc:~/_BACKUP/Audio/flac/David Bowie/1967 David Bowie$ metaflac --list --block-type=VORBIS_COMMENT 02\ Sell\ Me\ A\ Coat.flac METADATA block #2 type: 4 (VORBIS_COMMENT) is last: false length: 459 vendor string: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917 comments: 18 comment[0]: TITLE=Sell Me A Coat comment[1]: ARTIST=David Bowie comment[2]: ALBUMARTIST=David Bowie comment[3]: ALBUM=David Bowie comment[4]: DISCNUMBER=01 comment[5]: DATE=1967 comment[6]: TRACKNUMBER=02 comment[7]: TRACKTOTAL=14 comment[8]: GENRE=Rock comment[9]: REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_GAIN=-3.29 dB comment[10]: ISRC=GBFO76700020 comment[11]: GROUPING=David Bowie comment[12]: REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN=-2.93 dB comment[13]: LABEL=Deram comment[14]: ALBUM ARTIST=David Bowie comment[15]: REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_PEAK=0.991089 comment[16]: LABELNO=P25L-25027 comment[17]: REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK=0.793945So, my guess is that mp3fs concatenates... comment[2]: ALBUMARTIST=David Bowie ...with... comment[14]: ALBUM ARTIST=David Bowie ...resulting in a double entry in the id3 tag for album artist.
This seems to be the only difference I see between track 01 and track 02.
My suggestion would be that if both entries exist, "'ALBUM ARTIST'" and "'ALBUMARTIST'",... "'ALBUMARTIST'" takes precedence and "'ALBUM ARTIST'" is ignored.