This may be my addled memory playing up, but I seem to remember not so
long ago when browsing Artist; the albums by that artist used to be
listed before any compilations he/she/it featured in. If so, why fix
something that wasn't broke!
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Are you trying to say the latest LMS versions behave differently than
older SBS versions?
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verypsb;675207 Wrote:
Are you trying to say the latest LMS versions behave differently than
older SBS versions?
I think they do.
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This may be my addled memory playing up, but I seem to remember not so
long ago when browsing Artist; the albums by that artist used to be
listed before any compilations he/she/it featured in. If so, why fix
something that wasn't broke!
That depends on your chosen sort order. By default, it is
Philip Meyer;675238 Wrote:
If you change your sort order to artist, album, then most often
perhaps your compilations (by Various Artists) will be listed at the
bottom (for artists that start with a letter V)?
I'm not aware of any changes to the way that albums are ordered for SBS
7.6
Well, I don't want to live with this absurd behaviour...
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verypsb
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verypsb;675264 Wrote:
Well, I don't want to live with this absurd behaviour...
I realize that euthanasia laws are liberal in the Netherlands, but that
really does seem to be taking this hobby a little too seriously
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verypsb
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'::bug 17205:: Artists with accented
verypsb;674908 Wrote:
Please, don't make this another How to tag compilations or
Squeezeboxserver should do this or that with compilations thread...
True, there are already a thousand pages of threads on this issue if
one searches the forum.
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JJZolx;674888 Wrote:
There's a point at which this manipulation becomes absurd. It's like
insisting that the Cheerios be found in the produce section of the
supermarket and found under a sign that says 'Dairy'.
If you can induce this particular behavior, that's fine, but don't
expect it
I lost track of the discussion :confused:
But why not put normal albums on top in artist/albums
Then compilations under or in a submenu as sugested by the op .
Or if thats completely impossible , just remove them you will find them
anyway in VA or albums or by search . But it's neat to also
Ok , is there not a bug/enhancement req created already ?
Over the years, I'm sure there have been several enhancement requests raised.
There's this one: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12676
also mentioned on http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4754
Parking the discussion about how to tag albums, what really matters here is how
browsing the content of the library could be improved.
When displaying albums for a chosen artist, it is easy to determine for each
album whether it is a compilation or not, so it must be fairly easy to sort by
JJZolx;674480 Wrote:
Such an album isn't a 'compilation' in the sense that Squeezebox Server
uses. And an album with an album artist also isn't a compilation.
This is always a hazy area, which is why I doubt we'll see the one best
fix. Saying an that because there is an Album Artist,
emalvick;674753 Wrote:
This is always a hazy area, which is why I doubt we'll see the one best
fix. Saying an that because there is an Album Artist, Compilation = 0
(which is what is assumed by Squeezebox) is a bit of a disservice.
Like you say, the debate has gone on forever, but why is it
JJZolx;674775 Wrote:
If you want a compilation album to be credited to some other particular
artist then what does _also_ saying that it's a compilation accomplish?
Do you want it to be grouped with 'Various Artists' despite being
credited to someone? I could see that, but I can't understand
JJZolx;674775 Wrote:
Like you say, the debate has gone on forever, but why is it a
'disservice' to say that if an album has an ALBUMARTIST that it's not a
compilation?
The only thing that being a compilation really does is tells the server
to credit the album to the pseudo-albumartist
emalvick;674860 Wrote:
2. However, just because I have an ALBUM ARTIST doesn't mean it isn't a
compilation.
As the previous poster mentioned, if I have tribute albums, I want them
to be posted under an ALBUM ARTIST that is grouped with the artist the
album is a tribute to... In my own
Please, don't make this another How to tag compilations or
Squeezeboxserver should do this or that with compilations thread...
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verypsb;674458 Wrote:
I only want to see the album by the artist. (or the album by the artist
listed on top, and all other albums grouped together using: Also
featured on)
The more I think about it the preferable way to correcting this
situation is adding an Also featured on / Appears on
Ok , is there not a bug/enhancement req created already ?
I would be happy if the real albums where at the top of the list
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JJZolx;674473 Wrote:
No, it's not possible. There has been some discussion about doing the
latter, but I don't expect it any time soon.
Is it technically hard to do ?
compilation is known , I can see a corner case with compilations by the
artist.
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verypsb;674461 Wrote:
Where's my album by a-ha? Oh yes, it's the one that doesn't show a-ha as
an artist. That's intuitive, isn't it?
What you're seeing is a bug that's existed since 7.6 was released. When
you browse by an artist and they appear on someone else's album, they're
listed as the
There is a setting for this
Group compilation albums together
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Mnyb;674476 Wrote:
I can see a corner case with compilations by the artist.
Such an album isn't a 'compilation' in the sense that Squeezebox Server
uses. And an album with an album artist also isn't a compilation.
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JJZolx
Yes, it's mostly a problem with artists popular by a wide audience. The
more obscure artists doesn't seem to suffer from this problem.
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verypsb
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Please vote for bug 1330: new music should work on creation date
You must love hit's compilations :)
I can see the problem if one have many such compilations , it's
completely insane !
I assume all you artist with top100 appeal looks similar.
So there is a way to see the real albums the one that not having the
artist name .
A quick fix for the devs would
This settings only removes the album from the browse list, not from
under the artist...
If I have only 1 album from an artist, but this artist is featured on
10 compilations, the album list unde the artist will show 11 albums. I
only want to see the album by the artist. (or the album by the
verypsb;674455 Wrote:
Is it possible to NOT list compilation albums under a featured artist? I
don't like that some artists seem to have many albums, but in fact only
have 1 album, and are featured on many compilation albums. The list is
long, but should only show 1 album. Or the compilation
Mnyb;674476 Wrote:
Is it technically hard to do ?
compilation is known , I can see a corner case with compilations by the
artist.
I would be happy if a compilation album by an artist would be listed
under that artist. Even if that compiltion features other artists. It's
a problem you can
Mnyb;674460 Wrote:
Ok , is there not a bug/enhancement req created already ?
I would be happy if the real albums where at the top of the list
I couldn't find it...
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verypsb
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Where's my album by a-ha? Oh yes, it's the one that doesn't show a-ha as
an artist. That's intuitive, isn't it?
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Is it possible to NOT list compilation albums under artists? I don't
like that some artists seem to have many albums, but in fact only have
1 album, but are featured on many compilation albums. The list is long,
but should only show 1 album. Or the compilation albums should be
grouped together
JJZolx;674480 Wrote:
And an album with an album artist also isn't a compilation.
Unless one adds a COMPILATION = 1 to such album. Then it shows up
grouped under Compilations for me
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