Philip Meyer;314375 Wrote: > >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. > Nothing really wrong with doing that. It's just a name after all. > > However, I don't consider "Various Artists" to be an artist name; it's > another miss-use of the tag. I'd never need to set the album artist to > "Various Artists" because SqueezeCenter does that automatically when the > album is a compilation album. > > Setting the album artist to "Various Artists" may also lead to > inconsistencies in SqueezeCenter, because it displays compilation > albums as belonging to an artist called "Various Artists" > automatically. > > Most applications have a mechanism for indicating that an album is a > compilation album. Even iTunes/iPod have a Compilation tag, and you > can browse compilations. This doesn't involve having an album artist.
but there is more to the universe than just SC. shocking, but true. SC does set ALBUMARTIST in the DB as "Various Artists" automatically (assuming conditions are met), thats true, and it marks it as a comp too. but if you use other apps too, this might not work for you. Philip Meyer;314375 Wrote: > > >I'm not sure what else you would put there if you sort by that. > Don't know what you mean exactly. > > I wouldn't put anything in an album artist tag if there's not meant to > be anything there. If all songs are by the same performing artist, > there's no need to have an album artist. For a compilation album, > songs will have different performing artists, and an album artist is > not necessary, because it's a compilation; the software knows there are > various artists, and the album is not owned by a single artist name. see above. Philip Meyer;314375 Wrote: > As I said before, it would be better if there were a Browse > Compilations, rather than Browse Artists > Various Artists (or whatever > name has been entered in the Music Library setting "When compilation > albums are grouped together, they appear under "Various Artists" by > default. You can change that name below."). totally agree and excellent idea. why does SC conflate an albums property, with how that album is named (named via album artist?) what i would do, is if something seems like a comp to SC, and there is no album artist or TPE2 tag for it to use, it should then use the ALBUM name, and set the COMP field in the positive. i know you wouldn't like that phil, BUT what i am getting at here is i think similar to what you are saying. browse the property, not the name. Philip Meyer;314375 Wrote: > When browsing albums, compilation albums should be displayed by "Various > Artists" (or the configered alternative name). If sort by album artist > is selected, it should sort by that name too. i think there is a bug when doing Home->Artists->Various Artists. and what do you mean 'if sort by album artist is selected?' -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 (primary) / SBR (secondary) / SBC - w/SC 7.1beta - Win XP Pro SP3 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram - D-Link DIR-655 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47297 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
