Andy, thx for this info, but can you please clarify:
andyg;313908 Wrote:
> Here's what the 'merge various artists' step of the scanner is doing:
>
> >
Code:
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> >
> Find all albums not currently marked as a compilation.
> For each of those albums:
> Get all tracks on the album with role = ARTIST (note: tracks with
ALBUMARTIST don't have an ARTIST role, only a TRACKARTIST role)
> Count the number of different artists on those tracks.
> If count > 1:
> Album is marked as a compilation
> OR if the artist is 'Various Artists':
> Album is marked as a compilation
>
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> >
is the above what i've been calling the VA logic detection?
is it true then it is only looking at whats populated in the DB by the
files, not the actual tag data in the files itself, when it looks for
tracks with the ARTIST role? (i am pretty sure the answer to both of
those is yes)
but here's where i am confused...
are you saying that SC does look for a string ("Various Artists") in
the DB, but the field it looks for it in is the ARTIST field?
in any case...
i don't see why this function should be mandatory? i can see where it
could be useful, but i don't see why it shouldn't be optional.
btw, is it a bug that my TPE2 = Various Artists albums aren't showing
up in my Home -> Artists list?
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