TPE2

[Jud White]

TPE1
The 'Lead artist/Lead performer/Soloist/Performing group' is
used for the main artist.
TPE2
The 'Band/Orchestra/Accompaniment' frame is used for additional
information about the performers in the recording.

Explorer in Win7 incorrectly labels TPE2 as the "Artist" and TPE1 as
"Contributing artists". TPE1 has always been the Artist and afaik TPE2 is
rarely used. fb2k, iTunes and WMP all display TPE1 as Artist. Can someone
speak up to bring this to consensus so I can update the compliance page with
a little confidence? This is a fairly fresh install of Win7 Professional
(32-bit) but I suppose something could have hooked into the shell overriding
default behavior.

Regarding the compliance page, I just tried Foobar and it uses TXXX ALBUM
ARTIST, not TXXX ALBUM_ARTIST. Paul, since you added this, can you confirm
and update? Going a little further, I don't know if this is a compliance
issue, but it's good to note. The way I'd interpret TPE2 is like Queen
(TPE1) playing with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (TPE2). In a
compilation album I wouldn't put a DJ/mixer in TPE2, though I would put the
individual track artists in TPE1. I guess the bigger question is where does
Album Artist go? Can we make an addendum? Would anyone implement it? I
would.

[Paul Taylor]

Post by Jud White

TPE1
The 'Lead artist/Lead performer/Soloist/Performing group' is
used for the main artist.
TPE2
The 'Band/Orchestra/Accompaniment' frame is used for additional
information about the performers in the recording.

Explorer in Win7 incorrectly labels TPE2 as the "Artist" and TPE1 as
"Contributing artists". TPE1 has always been the Artist and afaik TPE2
is rarely used. fb2k, iTunes and WMP all display TPE1 as Artist. Can
someone speak up to bring this to consensus so I can update the
compliance page with a little confidence? This is a fairly fresh
install of Win7 Professional (32-bit) but I suppose something could
have hooked into the shell overriding default behavior.
Regarding the compliance page, I just tried Foobar and it uses TXXX
ALBUM ARTIST, not TXXX ALBUM_ARTIST. Paul, since you added this, can
you confirm and update? Going a little further, I don't know if this
is a compliance issue, but it's good to note.

Yeah you are correct on both counts. I tried to create a new page on the
wiki for Foobar but didnt have permission so added to compliane issue
instead.

Post by Jud White
The way I'd interpret TPE2 is like Queen (TPE1) playing with the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra (TPE2). In a compilation album I wouldn't put a
DJ/mixer in TPE2, though I would put the individual track artists in TPE1.

But I would typicaly put 'Various Artists' into TPE2

Post by Jud White
I guess the bigger question is where does Album Artist go? Can we make
an addendum? Would anyone implement it? I would.

Most applications already used TPE2 for Album artist, and I think this
is now the defacto standard.


Paul