steveeedster;363560 Wrote: 
> Its ok now, winamp is sorted, I just changed it to list via album artist
> and it now picks up the compilations perfectly. (album artist being
> various artists, which is what i want)

did u set it up as i described above?

if so, u wouldn't need tagandrename for almost anything.  winamp does
just about everything i need it to, when properly configured.

steveeedster;363560 Wrote: 
> now for squeezecenter....
> 
> What I want to do is to go to by artist and to see the compilation
> songs only under 'various artists'.  now i am seeing this, however i
> get the songs duplicated.  for example, on one compilation, i have
> duran duran - planet earth.  however i also have a duran duran album,
> this single song appears under artist next to this album under 'duran
> duran' as a single song as well as in the full compilation under
> 'various artists' 
> 
> is there anyway i can get rid of the duplicates in artist view?  note:
> in album view all is fine, all the songs come under a single comp album
> under various artists.

if we are talking about the SC webUI, i ALWAYS go:

sc home > albums

and set it to show artwork, and go artist, year, album.

since i treat TPE2 as album artist, it uses TPE2 to both sort and list
(denote) my albums, which is exactly what i want.

so, i don't know much about what sc does if u go SC home > Artists.  i
don't like that view, don't need it, don't want it.  but IF you want to
suppress comps from showing up, you need to make SC think it isn't a
comp.

right now, it thinks its a comp b/c you are NOT treating TPE2 as album
artist, and it finds differing TPE1 info, and calls it a comp.

if you DO treat TPE2 as a comp, i think you'll find the comp albums no
longer show up in the SC > artists list.  BUT b/c of a bug, they won't
show up under SC > Artists > Various Artists either.  i already posted
that bug earlier in the thread i think.  (if not, i will in my next
post)  there is a workaround, simply rename the VA category in the SC
settings.

steveeedster;363560 Wrote: 
> better with pictures...
> 
> In artist view i get various artist at the top just as i want...
> http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a212/steveedster/SQUEEZE1.jpg
> http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a212/steveedster/squeeze2.jpg
> http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a212/steveedster/SQUEEZE3.jpg
> 
> however the songs are also duplicated under their respective artists
> individually 'if' i have another album by that artist as shown here...
> http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a212/steveedster/squeeze4.jpg
> http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a212/steveedster/squeeze5.jpg
> http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a212/steveedster/squeeze6.jpg
> 
> my compilation settings...
> http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a212/steveedster/squeeze7.jpg
> 
> my tag setup...
> http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a212/steveedster/tag1.jpg
> http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a212/steveedster/tag2.jpg

based on you compilation settings, i would do the following:

UNCHECK band/orchaestra.
CHANGE Treat TPE2 to Album Artist (NOT Band)
and
ADD a value into what to call VA albums, even "Various Artists & Comps"
should work.

then do a full clear and rescan.


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