As long as the compilations are grouped into their own folders, the default importer settings should work fine for that situation.
> On Jan 5, 2017, at 1:07 AM, Gunt Valentine <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hate to bump an old thread but it's the same problem I'm having. I'm trying > to import my whole library at once and I have several compilations with > different artists. Was wondering if there is a way to deal with this. > > On Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at 8:02:41 AM UTC-7, William Brennan wrote: > I gotcha, I'm just trying to figure out the best way to tag my existing > library and not run into the "certain tracks missing" issue when it features > a different artist. > > :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > > > > WILLIAM BRENNAN > TRUMPET > > p. 504.202.8433 > > [email protected] <javascript:> > [email protected] <javascript:> > http://www.trumpetgroup.com <http://www.trumpetgroup.com/> > > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Adrian Sampson <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > That option combines *all* directories into a single album for tagging, so > you probably don’t want to use it on your whole library! > > Unless, of course, you use --group-albums to do metadata-based organization: > http://docs.beets.io/en/v1.3.6/reference/config.html#group-albums > <http://docs.beets.io/en/v1.3.6/reference/config.html#group-albums> > > > On Aug 5, 2014, at 11:54 AM, William Brennan <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Is there a way to use the --flat option for the whole import of my library? >> I'm sure not how to use it the proper way after reading the documentation. >> >> Do I have to use it per artist? Could you give me and example of the code >> for importing with the --flat option? >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> On Saturday, August 2, 2014, Adrian Sampson <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> As you observed earlier, this is because iTunes has split the album across >> multiple directories. You can either request that iTunes put it back >> together (I believe you discovered that the compilation flag does this) or >> follow the advice from the previous email. >> >> On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 2:10 PM, William Brennan <[email protected] <>> >> wrote: >> Here's the perfect example of what I'm talking about. I have all the tracks >> for this release but it tells me that I'm missing any tracks that don't have >> La Fleur as an artist. >> >> >> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0ozOjS_CTFQ/U91TyEEILxI/AAAAAAAAAeI/PyiaUqqP8UU/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-08-02+at+4.07.40+PM.png> >> >> >> On Saturday, August 2, 2014 12:22:13 PM UTC-5, Adrian Sampson wrote: >> >> > On Aug 2, 2014, at 3:10 AM, William Brennan <[email protected] <>> wrote: >> > >> > The problem is in my iTunes directory it separates each track into the >> > folder corresponding to the artists folder on the track. So for this EP, I >> > technically have 5 different folders under 5 different artist >> >> This FAQ may lend some insight (i.e., use --flat): >> http://beets.readthedocs.org/en/latest/faq.html#import-a-multi-disc-album >> <http://beets.readthedocs.org/en/latest/faq.html#import-a-multi-disc-album> >> >> You may also be interested in this issue: >> https://github.com/sampsyo/beets/issues/112 >> <https://github.com/sampsyo/beets/issues/112> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "beets" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "beets" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beets-users/TRnxpHa3Ek4/unsubscribe >> <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beets-users/TRnxpHa3Ek4/unsubscribe>. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected] <>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: >> >> >> >> WILLIAM BRENNAN >> TRUMPET >> >> p. 504.202.8433 <> >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> http://www.trumpetgroup.com <http://www.trumpetgroup.com/> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "beets" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "beets" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beets-users/TRnxpHa3Ek4/unsubscribe > <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beets-users/TRnxpHa3Ek4/unsubscribe>. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "beets" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "beets" group. 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