I think one solution would be to leave things generally as they are but make the server interpreted compilations stand out, no matter what the user determines that "album artist" should be.
So if you have the server set to name the compilations with "Various Artist" show it as [Various Artist] if the server decides it is a compilation or COMPILATION = 1.... Maybe this is what Phil is suggesting? This way if you decide the album artist should be "Compilations" show it as [Compilations] or whatever else you decide. If a person actually has Album Artist tags, then the server could make it possible to browse those under the right spot in the alphabet (V for Various Artists) and leave it there without regard to the COMPILATION tag and hopefully without hiding the album. This is not the perfect solution, but it seems easy. Of course there are those rare instances where something like Various Artist is an actual artist, but I guess I am one that doesn't care whether I am looking for a compilation. I am just looking for specific Album Artists, and if that artist happens to be called "Various Artist" then I know I can find the album I'm looking for. The important thing really is being able to find your music, and that is tough if it ends up hidden because of a bug in the software. The short term fix should really eliminate that possibility. The Custom Browse plugin has saved me now for 2 years, but I can never use the artist menu with its default behavior and find any album with AA = Various Artists -- emalvick ------------------------------------------------------------------------ emalvick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35382 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88072 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
