>Compilations without any ALBUMARTIST is only shown under the top >"Various Artists" entry and not under the one sorted under "V", is that >the correct behavior ? > An album always has an album artist - either:
a) the one specified through tags b) derived from the artist(s) on the songs c) if there are varying artists, gets the default Various Artists. I'd expect all albums to be shown under an artist, so these should be shown under Various Artists. Are you sure that the albums have "Various Artists" set as an album artist? i.e. if you navigate into the song, is it labelled as being by Various Artists? >It means that you can't reach these from the "Artists" menu if we move >"Compilations" menu to a top level menu, you would have to reach them >trough "Compilations" instead. > Doesn't sound right to me, and they do appear under Various Artists in 7.5.5. >I guess this is what I should expect if I've selected the "Group >compilation albums together" option. And if I've selected the "List >compilation albums under each artist" the "Compilations" menu would be >hidden and I can instead reach them from the "Artists" menu. > "Group compilation albums together" option is very badly worded - there's been a suggested name change registered on a bug report for many years. It means "don't display artists that only appear on compilations", and thus reduces the clutter of the artist list. You can also think of it as "only display album artists", only it can still include Band/Orchestra, Composers and Conductors. Whatever option is chosen, I'd expect to see Various Artists in the list, and would see all albums for which Various Artists is the album artist. >A side effect would be that I can't reach these albums through the >"Genres" menu if I've selected the "Group compilation albums together" >option. That could possibly be a reason to keep "Compilations" inside >"Artists" menu. Perhpas you could look in the DB to see what has been stored for one of your example albums? What is in albums.contributor, contributor_albums and contributor_tracks for the album? _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
