>OK can someone tell me what the SC settings should be to get the >following outcome: > >1. I want the artist list to exclude compilation albums period. So no >appearances on Now 71 etc. >2. Compilations are shown as 'various artists' under the artist list. > >Note: my TPE2 tag is set to 'various artists' for compilation albums.
You do not have any compilation albums as such. You have albums where the name of the artist for the album is "Various Artists". That does not make it a compilation album. i.e. Specifying an album artist forces the album to not be a compilation. To confirm this, if you view the album in the WebUI, it will not say "Compilation: Yes". If you want them to be indicated as compilations, you will either need to remove the album artist (TPE2 tag in your case), or add a custom tag indicating that the album is a compilation (either "COMPILATION=1" or "ITUNESCOMPILATION=1"). There are no settings that you can magically select to do this for you. You need to correct your tags. Part (1) above, you say you want the artist list to exclude compilation albums. I really still do not clearly know what you mean. Are you seeing compilation album names appear in the Browse Artist list? Do you want "Various Artists" to not appear in the Artist List (although part (2) indicates that you do)? Do you want contributors that appear on compilation albums to be excluded from the Artists list? If you mean the latter, you could choose the Music Library setting "Group compilation albums together", and the artist list you get when you navigate to Browse Artists will only include artists or album artists. The word "compilation" is a bit eroneous here I think, as it also works for albums that have album artists (that are therefore not compilations unless you tell it so). You can untick the checkboxes "Composer", "Conductor", "Band/Orchestra" as well, if you don't want those in your artist list. Phil _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
