Hi! I see you're having trouble adding artists or albums with commas in their names, like "10,000 Maniacs," in the Flacbox app. I want to make sure I fully understand your problem—are you trying to input the artist name directly in Flacbox and it either splits them into multiple artists or doesn't recognize the name properly? Or is this issue happening when viewing or editing metadata for songs?

Generally, commas can be tricky because they often serve as delimiters (separators) for multiple artists in music tagging software. So the app might mistake part of the artist name as a separate artist if commas are used.

Here's what I suggest to try step-by-step:

1. Check how you enter the artist name: When adding or editing the artist in Flacbox, input the whole artist name exactly as it is ("10,000 Maniacs") as a single string without extra spaces or delimiters.

2. Use alternate delimiters for multiple artists: If the real problem is multiple artists being recognized incorrectly, some apps expect semicolons or ampersands (&) instead of commas to separate different artists. But since your issue is an artist with a comma in the actual name, it’s essential to treat the entire string as one artist.

3. Check the metadata tags on your music files: If your files are FLAC or MP3s already tagged, Flacbox reads these tags. Sometimes, the tagging format for multiple artists differs between file types. Tools like Mp3tag can help view and edit artist tags so that the artist name with a comma is properly enclosed or quoted to treat as one entity.

4. Update Flacbox app: Just in case this is a known bug fixed in recent updates, ensure your app is up to date.

If these don’t help, can you tell me if the artist name gets split into pieces inside the app or does it not allow you to enter the name at all? Also, are you working with local files or streaming/cloud libraries?

Let me know a bit more detail so I can guide you further!

Artists with comma in the name don't get added to the Flacbox library

Thanks for the extra detail! Since artists with commas in their names like "10,000 Maniacs" aren't being added to your Flacbox library, it sounds like the app might be misinterpreting the comma as a separator for multiple artists rather than part of a single artist's name.

Here's a step-by-step approach to try resolving this:

1. Reindex Your Music Library
Sometimes Flacbox needs to refresh its catalog to correctly update changes and non-standard names. You can do this by going to:
- Settings > Offline Music Synchronization > Reindex Music Library (or similar depending on app version)
This forces the app to rescan your local folders and may properly register artists with commas1.

2. Check How Your Files Are Tagged
Open one of the problematic music files in a tagging app (like Mp3tag on Windows). Look at the "Artist" tag: does it list the artist exactly as "10,000 Maniacs" or split into two entries?
- If split, try enclosing the whole artist name in quotes or correcting it so the comma is treated as part of the name. Save and reload in Flacbox.

3. Sync Folder Settings
In Flacbox settings, go to Music Library > Sync Folders and make sure the folders containing these files are fully selected for scanning. Sometimes missing or unchecked folders mean files aren’t indexed properly5.

4. Update Flacbox
Make sure your Flacbox app is updated to the latest version, as updates may include fixes for metadata or library scanning bugs.

If after these steps the problem persists, let me know if these files are from local storage only or synced from cloud services. Also, do you see the files at all in Flacbox, just missing artist info? That info can help me suggest a more specialized fix.

Are you comfortable trying this and letting me know how it goes?

Does Flacbox support special characters in artist names?

Great question! Regarding Flacbox's support for special characters in artist names, including commas:

In principle, FLAC and similar audio file metadata support a wide range of characters, including commas, in artist names and tags. The issue typically isn’t that the characters themselves aren’t supported, but rather how the app interprets certain punctuation. For example, commas are often used as separators between multiple artists, so Flacbox might mistakenly split "10,000 Maniacs" into two different artists instead of treating it as one name1.

This means the app can support the comma in names but might have trouble if the metadata format or the app’s parsing treats commas as separators. Other special characters are generally supported, but semicolons and commas are the most common causes of multi-artist split issues.

To avoid this, ensure your artist names are correctly tagged in your music files (for example, using quotes or carefully edited tags). Also, Flacbox itself doesn’t have a documented limitation disallowing commas or special characters—it’s more about how metadata is structured and how the app reads it.

If you want me, I can guide you to inspect and edit your files' metadata tags with a tool like Mp3tag so that the artist name with commas is treated as a single entity without splitting.

Would you like help with that?