As the title says when using the Artist Info folder I am not seeing the instruments on the artist page. I am able to use filter chips & find said artist using their tagged instrument though.
Logs:
Upload description: INSTRUMENTS THO
Additional information:
Either I misunderstanding something or the artists Instrument(s) simply do not appear in the artist page
Reproduction steps:
I’ve loaded in an Artist Info folder & it loads all the tags & images for my artist just fine. The instrument tag isn’t missing either. That tag can be seen under the artists tag view of the app.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<artist>
<name>Masego</name>
<instrument>Saxaphone</instrument>
<gender>Male</gender>
<tag>Race | Black</tag>
<tag>Origin | Jamaica</tag>
<biography>Micah Davis (born June 8, 1993), better known by his stage name Masego, is a Jamaican-American musician with South African roots. Masego is an international, contemporary genre bending entertainer who refers to his own music style as "TrapHouseJazz" or Emotion. He released his first album "Loose Thoughts" in 2016, but it was his collaborative record ΓÇ£TadowΓÇ¥ that has amassed over 47 million views on Youtube (508 million as of January 2025) and gained him international recognition. His record Navajo, first premiered by Berlin platform ΓÇ£ColorsΓÇ¥ has been streamed over 20 million times (69 million as of January 2025), triggering a worldwide sold out tour.
On September 7, 2018, he released his album Lady Lady, including guest features from FKJ, SiR, Tiffany Gouché, and De' Wayne Jackson. The album featured the previously released "Tadow" as its lead single.
His EP, Studying Abroad was released on November 13, 2020, of which he later released a deluxe/extended version called: Studying Abroad: Extended Stay. Masego released his self-titled album on March 3, 2023 with lead singles being: Say You Want Me, You Never Visit Me and Two Sides (I'm So Gemini). Masego lost his house in Los Angeles during the California fires at the beginning of 2025.</biography>
</artist>
Tolriq fixed the issue I had. Instruments for artist appear now & Multiple Artist Types & i believe even Multiple Artist Instruments are supported in the latest version. I can’t speak for the artist roles though think my library also only has the 1 role Composer
Thx @mista_j .
Btw, the current beta is 13.1.0b (127484)
I have now found the error on my end.
Unfortunately, the instruments are only read from the artist.info.
I thought that they were also read from the ID3 tags.
More precisely, I meant the IPLS frame (Involved People List).
More info: https://id3.org/id3v2.3.0
Huh, i updated my app yesterday I thought that was the newest version.
I do not know which provider you are using but i’m certain for local providers instruments are not a supported tag via ID3 tags which is what makes the Artist NFO folder so cool. But you could definitely add a request for that feature if there is not one already. The good news in your case is that you could work to export your tags to NFO files in XML format which shouldn’t be too hard & then you could have all the data you’ve already curated appear in the app as you wish.
That’s the problem: I don’t have a provider and use Symfonium as a pure offline player without streaming. I only copy MP3 files to the player, no NFO or XML files.
The advantage of the IPLS frame is that the instruments are saved in each individual track. This allows tracks to be filtered later based on the instruments.
I have not heard of this
Can you share with me a track so I can look at the tags? You can DM me.
You should also open a new feature request to see if the dev could / would support this Involved People List he’ll likely ask that you share some files with them so they can see what all is in these tags.
