I have been mostly using foobar2000 to tag my files, but I can't figure
out how to deal with 'Various Artists' albums. In the end, I would like
to end up with an artist list that only contains performers that have
one or more full albums linked to them, and everything else under
'Various Artists'. 

I have basically 2 types of these in my library:
- mp3s that have ALBUM ARTIST set to 'Various Artists' 
- mp3s that have ALBUM ARTIST set to '<Main performer>' 

Now I encounter several issues:
- I have found this topic
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57594 describing an
issue with 'ALBUM ARTIST' being set instead of 'ALBUMARTIST'. According
to the Changelog this should be fixed in 7.3.3, but apparently it isn't.
Maybe it is really only fixed for FLAC's, but then the bug/enhancement
should not have been closed(?)
- Files that have ALBUMARTIST set to 'Various Artists' show up
properly
- Files that have ALBUM ARTIST set to '<Main performer>' indeed show up
under that name only, but when going into single album view, the
performers aren't added to the tracks (i.e. 'by Performer X') as it
does for the 'Various Artists'

As for settings, I have selected 'Group compilation albums together',
otherwise all artists will show up.

Any advice on how to make progress is welcome!


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