Based on wich file information does iTunes sort music in "Automatically add to iTunes" folder?
Hey I have some files ( here 3 for example).
I put them into the "Automatically add to iTunes" Folder.
After that iTunes sorts them without any problem.
But based on which information does iTunes sort them?
I looked into the details of the file but i cannot find the structure.
Look at your self:
File:
M:\Music\Media\Music\Phil Collins\Hits\07 Against All Odds.mp3
StartTag : TagLib.NonContainer.StartTag
EndTag : TagLib.NonContainer.EndTag
TagTypes : Id3v1, Id3v2
Tags : {, }
Title : Against All Odds
Performers : {Phil Collins}
PerformersSort : {}
AlbumArtistsSort : {}
AlbumArtists : {Phil Collins}
Composers : {Phil Collins}
ComposersSort : {}
TitleSort :
AlbumSort :
Album : Hits
Comment :
Genres : {Adult Contemporary}
Year : 1984
Track : 7
TrackCount : 0
Disc : 1
DiscCount : 1
Lyrics :
Grouping :
BeatsPerMinute : 121
Conductor :
Copyright :
MusicBrainzArtistId :
MusicBrainzReleaseId :
MusicBrainzReleaseArtistId :
MusicBrainzTrackId :
MusicBrainzDiscId :
MusicIpId :
AmazonId :
MusicBrainzReleaseStatus :
MusicBrainzReleaseType :
MusicBrainzReleaseCountry :
Pictures : {}
IsEmpty : False
Artists : {Phil Collins}
FirstArtist : Phil Collins
FirstAlbumArtist : Phil Collins
FirstAlbumArtistSort :
FirstPerformer : Phil Collins
FirstPerformerSort :
FirstComposerSort :
FirstComposer : Phil Collins
FirstGenre : Adult Contemporary
JoinedArtists : Phil Collins
JoinedAlbumArtists : Phil Collins
JoinedPerformers : Phil Collins
JoinedPerformersSort :
JoinedComposers : Phil Collins
JoinedGenres : Adult Contemporary
File2:
M:\Music\Media\Music\Compilations\Das Dschungelbuch - Deutscher Original F\06 Ich Wäre Gern Wie Du.mp3
StartTag : TagLib.NonContainer.StartTag
EndTag : TagLib.NonContainer.EndTag
TagTypes : Id3v1, Id3v2
Tags : {, }
Title : Ich Wäre Gern Wie Du
Performers : {Disney}
PerformersSort : {}
AlbumArtistsSort : {}
AlbumArtists : {Disney}
Composers : {R. M. Sherman}
ComposersSort : {}
TitleSort :
AlbumSort :
Album : Das Dschungelbuch - Deutscher Original Film-Soundtrack
Comment :
Genres : {Film-musik}
Year : 2007
Track : 6
TrackCount : 0
Disc : 1
DiscCount : 1
Lyrics :
Grouping :
BeatsPerMinute : 0
Conductor :
Copyright :
MusicBrainzArtistId :
MusicBrainzReleaseId :
MusicBrainzReleaseArtistId :
MusicBrainzTrackId :
MusicBrainzDiscId :
MusicIpId :
AmazonId :
MusicBrainzReleaseStatus :
MusicBrainzReleaseType :
MusicBrainzReleaseCountry :
Pictures : {}
IsEmpty : False
Artists : {Disney}
FirstArtist : Disney
FirstAlbumArtist : Disney
FirstAlbumArtistSort :
FirstPerformer : Disney
FirstPerformerSort :
FirstComposerSort :
FirstComposer : R. M. Sherman
FirstGenre : Film-musik
JoinedArtists : Disney
JoinedAlbumArtists : Disney
JoinedPerformers : Disney
JoinedPerformersSort :
JoinedComposers : R. M. Sherman
JoinedGenres : Film-musik
File3:
M:\Music\Media\Music\Compilations\Album\9999 Title.mp3
StartTag : TagLib.NonContainer.StartTag
EndTag : TagLib.NonContainer.EndTag
TagTypes : Id3v1, Id3v2
Tags : {, }
Title : Title
Performers : {Contributing artists}
PerformersSort : {}
AlbumArtistsSort : {}
AlbumArtists : {Album artist}
Composers : {Composers}
ComposersSort : {}
TitleSort :
AlbumSort :
Album : Album
Comment : Comments
Genres : {Genre}
Year : 2013
Track : 9999
TrackCount : 0
Disc : 0
DiscCount : 0
Lyrics :
Grouping : Group description
BeatsPerMinute : 1111
Conductor : Conductors
Copyright :
MusicBrainzArtistId :
MusicBrainzReleaseId :
MusicBrainzReleaseArtistId :
MusicBrainzTrackId :
MusicBrainzDiscId :
MusicIpId :
AmazonId :
MusicBrainzReleaseStatus :
MusicBrainzReleaseType :
MusicBrainzReleaseCountry :
Pictures : {}
IsEmpty : False
Artists : {Contributing artists}
FirstArtist : Contributing artists
FirstAlbumArtist : Album artist
FirstAlbumArtistSort :
FirstPerformer : Contributing artists
FirstPerformerSort :
FirstComposerSort :
FirstComposer : Composers
FirstGenre : Genre
JoinedArtists : Contributing artists
JoinedAlbumArtists : Album artist
JoinedPerformers : Contributing artists
JoinedPerformersSort :
JoinedComposers : Composers
JoinedGenres : Genre
Thank you for your help in advance.
Mk-maddin
Past experience suggests that iTunes doesn't handle files with multiple tags well. I've not worked out which tag gets read when there are multiple tags but I've seen cases where iTunes can update one while reading back unchanged data fom the other.
At the file level iTunes will organize the files first by Album Artist, or if blank, Artist, or if blank use Unknown Artist. If the tracks have the custom iTunes property Part of a Compilation = True then they get stored in the Compilations folder instead of under their artist.
The next layer of folders is based on Album title or Unknown Album if none given.
FIles are stored in the format [[<Disc> ]## ]<Name>.<Ext> where leading disc numbers are omitted if the the disc no. reads 1 of 1 or 1 of <Blank>.
Tracks with the same Album Artist or Artist and the same Album title should be grouped together in iTunes as albums.
Within the iTunes interface sorting is based on the first non-empty value from Sort Album Artist > Album Artist > Sort Artist > Artist and Sort Album > Album.
See Grouping tracks into albums for more info.
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