Philip Meyer;314180 Wrote: > >would you prefer i had TPE2 say "Compilation"? why would you be > >against it anyway? > > By setting anything in an album artist tag, you are stating that an > album isn't a compilation album, so to call the album artist > "Compilation" or "Various Artists" seems odd. Entering "Not a > compilation" as the album artist tag would be more correct ;-) > > I don't personally like fudging any data in tags. Artist tags should > be proper artist names. > > I don't personally like "Various Artists" appearing as an artist in the > Browse Artist list. It's actually a bit of a pain for the SqueezeCenter > code maintenance to support the special Various Artists menu too. I'd > prefer it if there were a "Browse Compilations" mode.What's wrong with > putting Various Artists in the Album Artist tag if you are saying that you want this as the Album Artists name. I only use it for albums that are true Various Artists type albums. Ones that don't have any general artist theme to them. That was the way I could keep them together before SC, in Itunes and other programs. I'm not sure what else you would put there if you sort by that.
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