Syntax for multivalue 'Artists' field?

[arby]

I want to enter multiple values into the ‘Artists’ field.

E.g.

    John Doe; Jane Deer

But if I use that ^sytax, what shows in the ‘Artist’ column of the ColumnBrowser is a single, consolidated entry:

    John Doe; Jane Deer

What syntax do I need to use in the ‘Artists’ field,

    John Doe (some delimiter?) Jane Deer

so that I get TWO, separate entries in the ‘Artist’ browser column,

    John Doe
    Jane Deer

?

[paultaylor]

Hi, you need to use \u0000

i.e John Doe\\u0000Jane Deer

After you have entered this you’ll just see

John DoeJane Deer

But if you reload the files you’ll then see

John Doe

but the value count will now say 2 instead of 1 indicating you have multiple values for this field, you can see all values by clicking on the number, you can also add or edit multiple values by clicking on the number.

We use \u0000 since this is the unicode character for the null character, which is also what is used in the ID3 format to store multiple values. But we use if for all formats in the UI, I would like to change this so more intuitive, the trouble is that just about any other character (such as could be part of the actual data rather than a delimiter. Certainly ‘;’ is commonly used to display multiple people in a single field.