Daren;367180 Wrote: 
> Other apps use album artist = various artists to define compilations

you're being vague...  it isn't clear if you mean the tag, or the DB.

i honestly don't know how other apps define comps, and other than
itunes, i'm not sure any mainstream apps do?  (i'm not even sure itunes
does, meaning it might just use apples server DB and not an app logic,
but it does set comp tags one way or another)

gracenote does set TPE2 = to "Various Artists" but thats just a tag
value...  it indicates to the user its a comp, but i don't think any
app itself says 'i see that value so i know to classify it as a comp.'

Daren;367180 Wrote: 
> This is no good in SC. Don't want artists cluttered with appearances on
> compilations.

if you set a TPE2 value in your tags, AND set SC to treat your mp3s
TPE2 as album artist, (not band), then SC won't think you have ANY
comps, but it will ALSO suppress a VA albums artists from cluttering
your artist list.

the drawback is that SC won't know anything is a comp.

and due to a bug, anything with "Various Artists" in TPE2 won't show up
in the Home > Artists list, UNLESS you set a value in the SC settings
for somewhere else for comps to be listed.

Daren;367180 Wrote: 
> Notwithstanding, can you advise how to add a compilation tax with
> MP3Tag, assuming that this will mean:
> 
> Specific Arists will exclude such albums and listed as an artist under
> various artists.

i'm not sure i follow you, but if you experiment with what i said
above, and do full clears and rescans, i think you'll be close, if not
at where you want to be.


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