Even though I've been been using SlimServer for almost two years and have been involved in countless discussions about compilation albums, when I read the Compilations settings text, I'm _still_ confused.
Here it is: > You can choose to have compilation albums appear together under "Various > Artists" or have them appear under each artist in the compilation. > > - List compilation albums under each artist > - Group compilation albums together > > Albums that contain songs that are tagged with a band may be listed > under that band name or with the other artists for that album. The band > tag is also known as TPE2 and may appear as the "album artist" in some > software. > > - List albums by all artists for that album > - List albums by band > > When compilation albums are grouped together, they appear under > "Various Artists" by default. You can change that name below. > [ ] > I think the crux of my comprehension problem is that the instructions talk about listing _albums_ when these settings would appear to actually control the _artists_ that are listed. I think I understand what the first setting is intended to do. Does the following make more sense to anyone other than myself? > You can choose to list all artists that appear on compilation albums, or > you can group all compilation albums together under a single artist > named "Various Artists". > > - List all artists that appear on compilation albums > - Group compilation albums together under a single artist name > Then there's the other setting regarding BAND/TPE2/ALBUMARTIST. I just plain don't understand what this setting is intended to do. How does it control the treatement of compilations and does the behavior depend at all on the first setting? Does either setting actually control _which_ albums might be recognized as compilations, or is that fixed within the logic of the library scanner? -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28261 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
