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[eljr]

How do I combine a double album into one?


Does not appear to be a simple drag and drop.

[ferday]

If the tags are the same (album artist (auto), artist, album, year) AND they reside in the same parent folder they will be considered one album

[AndrewFG]

I think you also have to sequentially number the tracks (Track No), and set the same the Disk N of M tags too.

[blgentry]

If the tags are the same (album artist (auto), artist, album, year) AND they reside in the same parent folder they will be considered one album

I think you also have to sequentially number the tracks (Track No), and set the same the Disk N of M tags too.

I think you guys are mixing two things together here.  For MC to display an album as a single entity, it just needs the same:  Album, Album Artist (or Album Artist (auto) ).  That's it.

As a test, I just changed track #1, disc #1 of The Best Of The Doors to Track 100, Disc 12, Year 1958.  It stayed in the same album as displayed.  But it changed position. 

Some of the things you guys are talking about with sequentially numbered tracks and the same folder are requirements for MC's algorithm for trying to tell you which albums are *complete*.  This does not affect how MC displays tracks in an album though.  All it needs are the two above fields to be the same. 

For sorting purposes, on a multi-disc set, you absolutely want the track numbers to be correct, and the disc numbers to be correct.  Though total discs is not used for sorting as far as I know.

Brian.

[blgentry]

To the OP:

If you are having trouble figuring out how to fix your double album and make it display as one album, please post a screen shot of the two discs/albums showing their Album, Album Artist, Disc #, and Track # columns.  (and any other fields that you think are relevant).

With that, we can probably show you how to make them appear as a single album. 

Brian.

[eljr]

I figured out how to get them in one folder but they come in with two #1 tracks, two #2 tracks, three #3 tracks...

I'd like them in order.

[blgentry]

Folder doesn't matter at all.  If you mean "folder" as in the directory on disk where they are located.

The numbering is controlled by the Track # *and* the Disc # fields.  I'm guessing you don't have a Disc # set on any of the songs.  What you want to do, is highlight all of the songs on disc 1.  Then open the tagging pane (Alt-enter) and set the Disc # field to "1" (no quotes).

Then highlight all of the tracks from disc 2 and do the same, but set the Disc # to "2" (no quotes).

They should then sort properly.

Good luck to you.

Brian.