I have now had a chance to do the experimentation that you folks suggested. The information you provided in your responses really helped. Essentially all my testing confirmed the behaviors you described. I would like to make one modification to the comments posted by JJZolx. The previous exchange was as follows:
Quote: 2. In SBS Server settings there is the choice to "List compilation albums under each artist" vs. "Group compilation albums together". For FLAC files, does SBS execute this based on the values in the COMPILATION tag? No. What this setting does is affect the artist list that you see when browsing artists. If you 'group compilations' then all of the artists that appear on compilations will be left out of the artist list and you'll have a single 'Various Artists' entry under which compilation albums will appear. If you 'list albums under each artist' then all of those artists with only one or two tracks on some compilations will appear. It just cleans up the artist list. Quote: If there is no COMPILATION tag, is the choice you make irrelevant? No, it's not irrelevant. Albums will still be marked as compilations if Squeezebox Server sees different artists appearing on the tracks that make up the album. *** It is the very last sentence above that could stand some clarification. Albums will still be marked as compilations if Squeezebox Server sees different artists appearing on the tracks that make up the album AND IF NO ALBUMARTIST IS DESIGNATED FOR THE ALBUM. ******* I think a very careful reading of JJZolx original comments might let you arrive at this conclusion, but I thought it would be helpful to make sure we are clear. If an ALBUMARTIST is designated for album, it will NOT be seen as a compilation UNLESS you have it tagged as COMPILATION=1 Thanks again for the help, hope my little added bit will help others. -- SlimTrigger ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SlimTrigger's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19278 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80683 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
