markc;221984 Wrote: 
> Did a full uninstall/reinstall solve the problems, DoomWolf?

No. I tested it by doing a fresh install of 6.5.4 in a virtual machine,
and letting it scan from scratch. The result was the same as my main
installation.

What I have done since is to add a new tag to all my tracks called
'Writer' and copy the contents of the composer tag to the writer tag,
and then delete all of the composer tag information. This solved my
multiple artists problem.

However, I was still left with a few other issues. One being the Beach
Boys Greatest Hits problem I mentioned. Slimserver managed to mix it up
with another Greatest Hits album by the Red Hot Chili Peppers (other
albums titled Greatest Hits weren't affected). All the tracks (except
one) from both albums were referenced as being one compilation album
under various artists, but were also listed under the two artists.
There was a separate Greatest Hits album for the Red Hot Chili Peppers
that only had the first track associated with it (yes, all the tags on
the other tracks were identical and correct as I checked closely in
MP3Tag). Changing the compilation field in the database to NULL made
the albums appear under each artist as "Greatest Hits by 'Beach Boys,
The' 'Red Hot Chili Peppers'".

I ended up having to go through the database tables changing various
fields and references to separate the albums into two entities. As
someone who works with databases on a daily basis, I'm able to do that,
but I consider it a serious failure for a consumer-level product. I wish
I could remember every step I had to take as I'm sure to need to do it
again next time I have to do a full scan.

I also still have the problem of being unable to make Slimserver see
multi-CD albums as being a single album, but I think I'll just have to
live with that for now.


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