Siduhe Wrote: 
> Right - done a bit of messing around with various combinations of
> ripping software / tagging software and slimserver settings. 
> Observations are:
> 
> Compilation album behaviour works fine for me on the player interface
> (i.e. on the screen of the SB and navigating by using the remote) - PPC
> Linux and 6.2.2. (both v28 and v29 firmware).  If I scroll to Browse
> Artists, I can see an option Various Artists and behind that the albums
> that are tagged as compilations.
> 
> However (and this is the point that seems to be causing some confusion)
> Compilation behaviour is *not* reflected in the web interface.  Even if
> Compilation behaviour is working fine in the slimserver interface, when
> I go to the web interface there is no "Various Artists" option available
> and none of the individual artists on files tagged as compilations show
> up at all (i.e if there's one cd, 15 files, it will show as 0 artists
> with a blank screen).
> 
> It doesn't seem to make a difference whether I use mp3 or flac files -
> didn't try other formats.
> 
> Chris - can you confirm this is what you see as well - i.e. compilation
> behavious works in slimserver interface , but not in web interface ?
> 

Siduhe - this is exactly the behaviour I get.  I've just re-scanned my
library, having pointed SlimServer to my temporary directory with the
one compilation album.  I also over-rode the default "Various Artist"
name with WHATEVER, and ensured that the compilation grouping option is
on.

In the slimserver web interface I get the follwing:

Browse Albums : "Pop Jr by WHATEVER"  - this is correct!
Browse Artists : nothing displayed at all
Browse Genres : Rock - this is correct, how if I click on Rock, nothing
is displayed.

For both Browse Artists and Genre, when nothing is displayed, the the
heading said "1 album with 24 songs by 0 artists."

HOWEVER, using SoftSqueeze (I don't have a Squeezebox yet), all display
behaviour is correct.  Browse Artist correctly lists WHATEVER, followed
by the individual songs...

Whats up with that?  Seems there is some inconsistency between the web
interface and softsqueeze/squeezebox, as you pointed out.

I'm at work at the moment - I can't remember exactly how I tagged these
files.  Have to wait till I get home.

Chris.


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