There’s no particular need to change this most of the time. It’s just the string that’s used for the `albumartist` field for VA albums where there’s no primary artist.
You can tell whether this will be used by checking whether the release is “by Various Artists.” That one, for example, is not. Here’s a list: https://musicbrainz.org/artist/89ad4ac3-39f7-470e-963a-56509c546377 > On Mar 28, 2017, at 12:27 PM, Karcsi Kolbasz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just curious where va_name comes into play compared to various artists. > > Does it need enabled? How do I properly add it to my path configuration? > > Found this in the default configuration: > va_name: "Various Artists" > > so I can say va_name: "foo" or whatever I want. > > Is this an album that is considered for va_name or is it just tagged as a > regular album? > https://musicbrainz.org/release/06036396-c56b-43b4-a573-2872826809f3 > > -- > 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. -- 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.
