FWIW: I already answered that in the forum: https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=116&t=125640
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Сергей <protsero...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello! As I can see, Amarok sorts music by "AlbumArtist" tag in > collection browser (left side) and displays "Artist" tag in playlist > (right side). So, for example, if I have got some tracks with one > "AlbumArtist" tag and different "Artist" tags, they will be displayed > in the playlist like this: (attachment). However, all other players > (Banshee, Rhythmbox, Exaile, Clementine, PowerAmp for android) do the > opposite: they sort the collection by "Artist" tag, while > "AlbumArtist" tag is secondary. So, when I use my collection in > different players, there is discrepancy sometimes: for example, if I > have a compilation of tracks by different artists inside my > collection, I set "AlbumArtist" as "Other tracks" and Artist is > individual for each track. So, in my collection they stay separately > from all other tracks ("Rammstein, Nightwish, Other tracks"), and > their true Artist is displayed in the playlist. > However, if I copy my collection to my Android device with Poweramp, > this compilation fall splits into many categories, because of > different "Artist" tag, as Poweramp uses this tag as primary. > If I make Amarok display sort my collection by "Artist" and set > "AlbumArtist" individially for each track in compilation, I get the > following picture: (second attachment). That's ugly. Could you please > recommend me what to do in this case? And, probably it would be > reasonable to change Amarok's policy into using "Artist" as primary, > "AlbumArtist" as secondary? > Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > Amarok-devel mailing list > Amarok-devel@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel > -- Proud member of the Amarok and KDE Community Protect your freedom and join the Fellowship of FSFE: http://www.fsfe.org Please don't send me proprietary file formats, use ISO standard ODF instead (ISO/IEC 26300) _______________________________________________ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel