I found this topic , but I'm not totally agreeing with what got mentioned there. This is with regards to MP3 and the use of ID3v4 When you define a column, the field list shows TOTALDISCS and DISCNUMBER as available fields. This raises the expectation that each will always retrieve the correspondi…

The difference is in the format specifications between the different file types. As you have pointed out, the ID3 standard for mp3 files uses a single field with track/totaltracks and the same for the disc count. Other formats like FLAC, m4a, etc use distinct separate fields. For users with librari…

[image] MotleyG: For users with libraries that have a mix of formats, how would one distinguish between those with separate tags and those that are combined? That would be determined by the specs of the respectives formats. but that is not the issue, the issue here is the difference in behavi…

See also this thread: [image] TOTALDISCS tag not working Support I'm not sure if I really grasp the question from the posts above. However, there is a difference in the storage of TOTALTRACKS and TOTALDISCS between MP3 with ID3v2 and MP4. When tagged via iTunes, an MP3 fi…

I know, but @Florian said there is no automatic splitting when writing the values, and this is how it should be. But that does not mean it should also apply to reading the values. And that still leaves the difference in behavior between the two ways you can enter TOTALDISCS EDIT: How it looks on t…

[image] FaceCrap: When you define a column, the field list shows TOTALDISCS and DISCNUMBER as available fields. If you work with the default list of fields, then there is no TOTALDISCS. TOTALDISCS looks like a user-defined field to me which is added to the list of fields once the user has en…

[image] FaceCrap: Also, that topic is from 2019, before there even was an ID3v3 or ID3v4. Things have changed since then I'm not sure where you are getting reference to ID3v3 or v4. I am not aware of anything to do with these. If what you are talking about is ID3v2.3 and ID3v2.4, these standa…

[image] MotleyG: I'm not sure where you are getting reference to ID3v3 or v4 Typo on my side... obviously meant v2.3 and v2.4 but sometimes my aphasia gets the better of me. And my spelling checker just missed that.

I don't have too many mp3 files left in my library now. I have ripped all of my CDs to lossless with separate tags. But for those that remain from some vinyl rips I have yet to update, I have used mp3tag to complete the spec compliant x/y info and then run an Action to format the total as well. I ca…

TIL that I've been ignoring the id3 spec for decades by using DISCTOTAL instead of TOTALDISCS and TRACKTOTAL instead of TOTALTRACKS and always splitting the values of TRACK and DISCNUMBER, regardless of the format. :sweat_smile: Anyhow: if you do want to populate the TOTALDISCS value I have an acti…

This works in some cases. However you will find there are some player and library apps where this breaks. IIRC iTunes was one of them at one point. Not sure if they ever bothered to fix it. One of the Android apps I reviewed here sometime ago also had an issue if the format wasn't x/y. You know wh…

TOTALDISCS / DISCNUMBER differences Foobar2000 and MP3tag

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