[mythtv-users] Mythmusic classical support

[Christopher Meredith]

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 6:10 AM, Marius Schrecker <marius at schrecker.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  Just wondering if anyone has config suggestions for making mythmusic more
> "classical friendly". What I need is a hierarchy that goes something like:
>
> Composer
>               Work
>                      Artist
>
> or
>
> Genre
>         Composer
>                       Work
>                              Artist
>
> Have tried fiddling with the directory structures before and after importing
> but still end up with artist first, which is nonesense for classical music.
>
> What do I need to change?
>
> Cheers!

It may not be ideal, but you could re-tag your library and put the
composer in the artist field, the work in the album field, and the
movement name in the track field. You can then use the track number
field for movement numbers and the album year field for the work's
composition year. If you're not interested in preserving the structure
of the original CDs, this would probably be the easiest route to get
where you want to go.

I know that most audio tag formats support composers as separate from
artist, but I'm not sure whether MythMusic uses that field. Maybe
someone else can speak to that.