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Subject:    [Bug 249607] New: Amarok uses "album artist" metadata field for
From:       Adrian Woodhead <adrian () last ! fm>
Date:       2010-08-31 10:50:06
Message-ID: bug-249607-71684 () http ! bugs ! kde ! org/
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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=249607

           Summary: Amarok uses "album artist" metadata field for track
                    artist instead of "artist"
           Product: amarok
           Version: 2.3.0
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: Services/Last.fm
        AssignedTo: amarok-bugs-dist@kde.org
        ReportedBy: adrian@last.fm
                CC: parallelgrapefruit@gmail.com, kde@dontletsstart.com,
                    lfranchi@kde.org


Version:           2.3.0 (using KDE 4.4.2) 
OS:                Linux

If you have an audio file which has an "Album Artist" tag in addition to the
more common "Artist" tag then Amarok incorrectly sends the album artist to
Last.fm as the track artist when scrobbling. So in the case of a compilation
album with Album Artist set to "Various Artists" each track will be submitted
with the track artist as "Various Artists" instead of the the track's
individual artist.

This also seems to affect the OSD so might not be specific to the Last.fm
component but could be a more general issue where determining the track artist
goes wrong if there is also an album artist.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Play an .ogg file with both "album artist" and "artist" set to different
values.
2. Scrobble the track to Last.fm - the value sent in the artist field will be
the album artist, not the track artist.

I can provide an .ogg file to reproduce this if necessary.


Expected Results:  
It should send the track artist, not the album artist. The next version of the
Last.fm scrobbling protocol will allow for the sending of both the album artist
and the track artist but while Amarok uses the 1.2.x protocol it should favour
the track artist over the album artist.

OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.32-24-generic
Compiler: cc

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