>Who is using the "Various Artists" features in 6.2 with MP3 files and >actually likes it? If it's you, would you mind posting how you have >your files tagged and what settings you have under Compilations in >SlimServer? Thanks.
I am generally happy with it, but really could do with a fix for bug 2066 before I can really use it properly. I have the following settings: Don't include composer, band and orchestra in artists. Group compilation albums together Don't include compilation artists in artist list Use TPE2/BAND ID3v2 tag as "ALBUMARTIST" For albums that have various artists, I tag each track with the specific artist for that track in the standard ARTIST tag. The albums then appear automatically under "Various Artists", and those artists that only appear on various artist albums are exploded into the Browse Artists list, but are still searchable (I think - there was a bug about this, not sure if that is fixed now). However, sometimes I have albums that have mainly one artist, but with a guest appearance on a single track. In this instance, I'd like to have the album appear as a non-various artists album, in the heirarchy for the main artist of that album. I thought this could be achieved by setting each track of the album with ALBUMARTIST=<the main artist> (or perhaps get away with only tagging the one special song). The tracks would still display the "song artist" on the now playing screen. This doesn't currently work (ALBUMARTIST seems to be ignored), but is covered by bug 2066, which is targetted for the 6.2 release. Does that help? Phil _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/beta
