MusicBrainz Picard "v2.9 Beta 1" with new default settings to use ID3v2.4 instead of v2.3

[ohrenkino]

@phw

is the proper support for multi-value tags in ID3v2.4.

This puzzles me - MP3tag and Foobar2000 have been supporting multi-value fields for a very long time in V2.3.
But the players usualy spoil the game.
Instead, they implement their own way as has been discussed in this thread:

Should I use ";" or "\\" or "-" as a separator?

To date I have been using a ";" as a separator for the Artist, Composer and Genre fields. I would then do an action of merge duplicate fields for these fields after ripping a CD (or after a bunch of CD's). This displays well with the music players that I use currently but whether if or I may want to use another player in the future I am wondering if there is a better solution that is more universal?. Been thinking about whether it would of been best to use the "\" as a separator or even a …