I don't see how Boom Boom has "WOKSUBTITLE" and "STYLE" as save to music file as tag:
As regards the "Involved People List" that may well be an issue creating just one field for all the technical people involved leaves that field far to cluttered, almost unsearchable, and too time consuming having to remember and type the role along with the colons.
Maybe it is just an old head but i would prefer one role per column rather than producers and engineers and mixers in the one column and the information only readable when you edit the file.
I have tried on one track using just the producer tag - understand i have not changed custom tag names yet! - i have put the following creditsNot really.
Producer: M.I.A.; Producer: Switch; Additional Production: So Japan; Additional Production: Surkin; Mixed By: Surkin; Mixed By: Switch; Engineer: Neil Comber; Mastered By: Geoff Pesche
everyhing there appears to be in order
I have used custom tag - which i called Producer - and that tag using the involved people list
arranger:Quincy Jones; producer:Sonny Burke; engineer:Lowell Frank
producer:Jeffrey Cohen; producer:Herbie Hancock; producer:David Rubinson; engineer:Fred Catero; engineer:Leslie Ann Jones; engineer:Ken Kassie; engineer:Chris Minto; engineer:David Rubinson; engineer:Cheryl Ward
engineer:Stephen Dent; mixer:Tony Maserati; producer:Sean "Puffy" Combs; producer:Stevie J.; writer:Sean Combs; writer:Daron Jones; writer:Michael Keith; writer:Quinnes Parker; writer:Courtney Sills; writer:Marvin Scandrick; writer:Steven Jordan
QuotePlease can you also tell me how you got WORKSUBITLE and STYLE as that is not available in my dropdown list for defining a custom tag.
I do not wish to be rude but it is not nice to be talked down to for misreading or not understanding messages.
How to Create a Custom Tag (https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=34968.0)If you want each role separate, you must "define new tags," as presented in the first link I provided you (if you had looked at and understood @hiccup's write up, you would've understood the difference between using pre-defined tag versus defining your own),QuoteIt is normal to use KISS when trying to explain something that is easy for you just in case the person reading the information is not used to the "terms"More accurately, you've named a Custom Tag associated with the real tag "Involved people list (https://id3.org/id3v2.3.0#Involved_people_list)" "Producer."It looks like from a lot of reading, experimentation, rereading the messages and rereading again - that i should define my custom tags as "save to musicbee database only"
"Save to MusicBee database only" Custom Tags are equivalent to separate Custom Tags saved to files.
You can format a "Save to MusicBee database only" tag as role:person;, but it's not required - only the "Involved People List" tag requires this format.QuoteChanging the producer named tag to IPLST (or another title) and define as Involved People List
Yes, then remove "Involved People List" from all the other Custom Tag definitions.QuoteThen start the long process of editing names to role:name - where role is one of my custom tags.
That may populate my relevant custom tags "fields" with the information.
Or...I personally would bypass the manual input (that's what really is time-consuming) and learn to use MusicBrainz Picard (https://picard.musicbrainz.org/), as many of the albums you've tagging likely already contain the desired information in the MusicBrainz database (http://musicbrainz.org). If not, you could add the roles to the database yourself (so others can tag their tracks appropriately) and then use Picard to grab the tags for your own files.
I believe it'll be less time consuming using Picard to add IPLS roles to all your tracks, than inputting them manually.
Please can you also tell me how you got WORKSUBITLE and STYLE as that is not available in my dropdown list for defining a custom tag.
I do not wish to be rude but it is not nice to be talked down to for misreading or not understanding messages.
How to Create a Custom Tag (https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=34968.0)If you want each role separate, you must "define new tags," as presented in the first link I provided you (if you had looked at and understood @hiccup's write up, you would've understood the difference between using pre-defined tag versus defining your own),QuoteIt is normal to use KISS when trying to explain something that is easy for you just in case the person reading the information is not used to the "terms"More accurately, you've named a Custom Tag associated with the real tag "Involved people list (https://id3.org/id3v2.3.0#Involved_people_list)" "Producer."It looks like from a lot of reading, experimentation, rereading the messages and rereading again - that i should define my custom tags as "save to musicbee database only"
"Save to MusicBee database only" Custom Tags are equivalent to separate Custom Tags saved to files.
You can format a "Save to MusicBee database only" tag as role:person;, but it's not required - only the "Involved People List" tag requires this format.QuoteChanging the producer named tag to IPLST (or another title) and define as Involved People List
Yes, then remove "Involved People List" from all the other Custom Tag definitions.QuoteThen start the long process of editing names to role:name - where role is one of my custom tags.
That may populate my relevant custom tags "fields" with the information.
Or...I personally would bypass the manual input (that's what really is time-consuming) and learn to use MusicBrainz Picard (https://picard.musicbrainz.org/), as many of the albums you've tagging likely already contain the desired information in the MusicBrainz database (http://musicbrainz.org). If not, you could add the roles to the database yourself (so others can tag their tracks appropriately) and then use Picard to grab the tags for your own files.
I believe it'll be less time consuming using Picard to add IPLS roles to all your tracks, than inputting them manually.
Please can you also tell me how you got WORKSUBITLE and STYLE as that is not available in my dropdown list for defining a custom tag.
I do not wish to be rude but it is not nice to be talked down to for misreading or not understanding messages.
How to Create a Custom Tag (https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=34968.0)
If you want each role separate, you must "define new tags," as presented in the first link I provided you (if you had looked at and understood @hiccup's write up, you would've understood the difference between using pre-defined tag versus defining your own),
It is normal to use KISS when trying to explain something that is easy for you just in case the person reading the information is not used to the "terms"
More accurately, you've named a Custom Tag associated with the real tag "Involved people list (https://id3.org/id3v2.3.0#Involved_people_list)" "Producer."
It looks like from a lot of reading, experimentation, rereading the messages and rereading again - that i should define my custom tags as "save to musicbee database only"
Changing the producer named tag to IPLST (or another title) and define as Involved People List
Then start the long process of editing names to role:name - where role is one of my custom tags.
That may populate my relevant custom tags "fields" with the information.
I personally would bypass the manual input (that's what really is time-consuming) and learn to use MusicBrainz Picard (https://picard.musicbrainz.org/), as many of the albums you've tagging likely already contain the desired information in the MusicBrainz database (http://musicbrainz.org). If not, you could add the roles to the database yourself (so others can tag their tracks appropriately) and then use Picard to grab the tags for your own files.
I am not using "Save to musicbee database only" but it is too late - by using "Save To Musicbee database Only" for that short period and then changing to their new defined tags has led to blanking those custom tags on one computer anyway - i am trying to see if they are still available on the other computer (I doubt they are)
I have been able to copy a few files and check if the tags stick with the file and they appear to do so. So i can am in position now to move on from here and look after the newer files, maybe over time i will try reinstating the info withsome help from picard if i can find the relevant info.