bgriffis Wrote: > I just spent all afternoon editing tag information. Much to my > disappointment SS does not appear to deal with Album Artist correctly. > Even if I make the Album Artist "Various Artists" it still lists all of > the Artists that make up those albums when I Browse Artists. I am > using SS 6.2.1 right now. I even went to Server Settings -> Behavior > -> Compilations and set the first option to "Group compilation albums > together" and the second field to "List albums by band". > > Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong? "Group compilation albums together" and "List albums by band" are the right first steps, but selecting those settings is not enough.
There is a "part of a compilation" tag (I don't know what that tag is actually called) that needs to be set. I use Tag&Rename for editing tags; within T&R at least, the "tag editor" screen has a checkbox marked "Part of a compilation" which needs to be checked. Also, if your files are in WMA format, there is a bug in slimserver where the "Album Artist" tag actually needs to be blank for things to work properly (I believe that this problem is unique to WMA?). If you use T&R to blank it out, make sure you go to "Options" - "Tags" and uncheck the "Auto copy Artist data into Album Artist tag field if clear", otherwise you'll clear them and they'll come right back (I've done this to myself more than once). BTW ... with Tag&Rename, you can make this change for all your compilations at once using the "Multi File Tag Editor" function (though be prepared for a long wait while it writes all the new tags). I assume that other tag editors have a similar function ... not trying to sell T&R here, it's just the only tag editor I have experience with ... -- Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2848 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21944 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
