Philip Meyer wrote: > >1. My Music/Album Artists/Various Artists contains too much, it lists > >all compilations but it should really only list the albums ALBUMARTIST > >tag has explicitly been set to "Various Artists". > > Should it? I'm not sure, as it sounds like it is working the same as > how the current application Artists > Various Artists behaves. > > "Various Artists" is a special entry that really means "any compilation > album" rather than "any album with an album artist of Various Artists". > If the music library setting was changed to use "Compilations" instead > of "Various Artists", then a user would argue that the list had the > correct content. > > This concept of having a "Browse Compilation albums" within Browse > Artists is what causes the trouble. You could instead expect to see all > album artist names in the list irrespective of whether they are related > to compilations or not, rather than gathered together under a pseudo > name.
In my case, in the LMS settings I change the default name from "Various Artists" to "COMPILATIONS" in the LMS > Settings > my music > "When compilation albums are grouped together, they appear under "Various Artists" by default. You can change that name below." I also set it to "group compilation albums together" In this way, I end up with the Compilations browsing under ARTISTS under something called Compilations (rather than Various Artists). And anything under Various Artists in my Artists Listing is something I have definitely given the ARTIST or ALBUMARTIST name Various Artists (and thus this does NOT include things I've labeled Compilations). I also leave Album Artist generally blank for compilations rather than including VA there. Because I use the Compilation tag, the compilations are organized properly in any case. *Location 1:* VortexBox 4TB (2.2) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Location 2:* VBA 3TB (2.2) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.8 > Squeezelite *Spares:* VBA 4TB, SB3, Touch (3), Radio (3), CONTROLLER *Controllers:* iPhone4S & iPad2 (iPeng7 & Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win7(64) laptop Ripping (FLAC) - dbpoweramp, Tagging - mp3tag, Streaming - Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101264 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list beta@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
