>I think most users will be happy if the "Greatest Hits" albums are >listed under each artist instead of under "Various Artists". They would appear under both; if an album artist + compilation tag is set, they appear when you browse to the artist, or when you browse to compilations.
Another example: Soundtracks Often, soundtracks have songs from different artists on them, and would appear as compilations. Some soundtrack albums have all songs performed by the same artist, eg. "Soundtrack to the film More" by Pink Floyd. This album could be set with a Compilation tag, such that it will appear in the list with all other Soundtracks (and can also be viewed under the Aritsts > Pink Floyd > albums). Some users set the Album Artist tag to "Soundtrack" (which I find pretty weird personally - for the case above, the album artist is really Pink Floyd, and maybe something else like an additional genre tag would be better served for indicating Soundtracks). By setting an album artist label, SBS by default doesn't assume it to be a compilation. A user can also add a compilation tag for consistency here too. >Also, if we want to start separate "Greatest Hits" type of albums I >think there is a bigger need to separate singles and partial albums >because singles and partial albums could create long album lists and >often they are named very similar to normal albums so it's hard to know >if it's a single or the real album without navigating into it. I know >there are ways to re-tag by not having any ALBUM tag to avoid the >singles problem, but still. > Yes, I do this by removing album names, so they appear as <No Album>, and all singles/odds and sods get grouped together on that album, one-per artist (and all singles can be seen within Browse Albums > No Album. _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
