Hi

I’m confused about how Slimserver knows when tracks are from a Various
Artists compilation. I think I’ve worked it out but I’m struggling to
believe my solution. Would one of you give me a sense check please?

I had assumed that there’s a tag, maybe the ‘band’ tag or even a
dedicated ‘various artists’ tag to tell SS that the song is part of a
Various Artists album. But I can’t find any such tag when looking in
either Foobar (file properties) or Mp3Tag (extended tags). So I presume
there isn’t one after all.  

When ripping EAC asks if the CD is a Various Artists disk, and I see
that if it is, it uses a slightly different file naming scheme (%N. %A
- %T). 

So I’ve concluded that Slimserver looks at the file name within an
album folder and if it sees an Artist name in the file format, it knows
it’s from a Various Artists album. 

Is that really right?

Cheers

Simon


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