It would be great if (for classical music) the work and movement tags would be supported, as a separate category to browse.
Other classical tags are orchestra, conductor, ensemble, choir, composer. If Audirvana would support these, maybe by enabling them in a setting if you like to use them, searching the classical catalogue on local folders would be much easier.
I have an elaborate metadata scheme where I curate my metadata tags in a certain way, but using the album, title, track, artist and album artist tags this way is not always easy.
If support already exists, than I cannot locate how. If not and you feel this should be a nice addition, please upvote.
Hello Antoine. I think a main category ‘Works’ would be preferable (next to Artist, Album, Track, Genre). Those works should be displayed by composer. For instance ‘Symphony no 5’ could be from Beethoven, Mahler, Bruckner etc.
As for composer, orchestra and such: having those turning up in the search results would be ideal.
Apple Music has a great view for Works/Movements. That kind of functionality would be preferable (better be inspired than dreaming it up )
The problem is that Audirvana doesn’t read those metadata tags from the files. I have quite a few albums with the orchestra, composer, conductor, work, movement, choir, ensemble etc. tags filled and Audirvana doesn’t read those.
I’m not going to redo all metadata tags in Audirvana, obviously.
The solution as proposed is a work around. There are dedicated tags for work and movement next to title and album. It would be great if Audirvana would support those tags.
If you edit the music files with a Tag Editor, and you fill in the work and movement tags, Audirvana will use those tags to display the work and group the movements by name below the work tag.
It is an alternative way of displaying classical music.
Thanks @jmtennapel and I have tagged my music that way. But I’m not seeing this in Audirvāna. Are you able to put up a screen shot of where you are seeing them?
Thanks for posting the screenshot. Interesting. This looks a bit like the results I’m getting with grouping tag but I see your point re track titles being shorter. I’ll check this out to see if this has changed for me. Certainly in the remote app it is just the same - ie grouping tag where you see work and then the title tag for each track duplicating all the information.
I’m the same, I much prefer Yate over Audrivana for editing metadata.
I was hoping you could tell me the actual tag value that you insert into the metadata for the work tag.
I tried the tag “Work” and it didn’t show up in Audirvana the way your screenshot shows. I wondered if the actual tag name is different. For example, I believe Roon recommends “Work Name” (I tried this as well and it didn’t seem to to work either).
You could try the free Musicbrainz Picard editing tool to see if the names align. You actually need to force Audirvana to resync the folder once you have edited or replaced those files, otherwise they won’t show up.
I use the program called “META” for Apple.
I entered info into both the “Movement” & “Work” fields and nothing is displayed after I refresh the file.
Is there not a standard for metadata? I’m assuming NOT.
If I use the “Grouping” tag found in the Audirvana editor it does display the info. But that doesn’t work for individual CD’s in a collection. (Box sets)
It sure would be nice to display “Box Sets” with each CD titled.
Example: “Original Album Remastered”, “2024 Remixes & Instrumentals” or “Rarities & Live”.
There is. It’s the ID3 standard developed for, and mainly used with, mp3 files, but it will work with any format except standard WAV. Audirvana is one of the (few) applications that complies well with those standards, at least in my experience, which can cause surprises when switching from software that extends or works around the standards.
That said, I have never looked at how ID3 handles showing a classical work. (I have plenty of classical recordings, but my metadata needs are pretty simple.) Sorry I could not be of further assistance.
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