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[sygnus21]

Simple question... Currently double CDs are filed as individual disks. Is it possible to combine both disks into a single CD containing both disks - say a single CD showing disk 1 & 2?

I thought this was possible, but....

[lepa]

Yes. Remove disc number information from "album" tag and add disc number to "disc #" field instead.

[sygnus21]

Thanks, that worked.

[sygnus21]

"Currently double CDs are filed as individual disks. Is it possible to combine both disks into a single CD containing both disks"

Ok, so I asked the question above and it was answered with "Yes. Remove disc number information from "album" tag and add disc number to "disc #" field instead.", which works, but that also assumes both CDs are using the exact same title - "Bob James the Legendary Albums". 

However, I'm wondering if it's possible to do the above while using different names? Example, I have a two-disk set by Bob James entitled "Bob James - One, Two, Three, and BJ4 - The Legendary Albums".  Disk 1 contains albums One & Two, Disk 2 contains Three and BJ4. I'd like to combine the CD into one disk where disk 1 is Bob James Legendary albums - One & Two, Disk 2, Bob James Legendary albums - Three & BJ4.

I have a number of multi-disk CDs like that, some containing 5 disks, so Is that possible?

Thanks

[EnglishTiger]

The way I do it is by adding a field/tag called Disc Title and use that to hold the "Disc Name" for each disc in a Multi-Disc Album where each disc has it's own name.

[sygnus21]

The way I do it is by adding a field/tag called Disc Title and use that to hold the "Disc Name" for each disc in a Multi-Disc Album where each disc has it's own name.

Not sure I get you here. Can you post an image so I can get a clearer picture? Thanks.

[EnglishTiger]

In the attached image the "Disc Title" is in the 5th column, most of my Classical Music Boxsets have individual "names" for each CD plus three of them have over 100 CD's in the Boxset/Album.

In that situation where you have more than 1 album on each CD you can either put both "Original Album Names" in the Disc Title or you could put the name of the Original Album each Track is from in that field/tag.

[sygnus21]

Thanks, but that image you posted is of no help to me. What I was looking for is clarity to what you said: The way I do it is by adding a field/tag called Disc Title and use that to hold the "Disc Name" for each disc in a Multi-Disc Album where each disc has it's own name. Thus, I was looking for an image of the tagging section of what you did.

I tried adding some stuff, but didn't get it, so an image of the tagging section of what you did would be of great help - where is this field you created placed and what does it look like?

Thanks.

[sygnus21]

After re-reading your post, I get what you're saying now but that doesn't address what I want to do, so in the end I've come to the conclusion what I want can't be done... to have MC show one album containing four 4 disks with different names. Example Diana Ross' Forever 4-disk box set with each disk containing a different name: Forever - reflections, Forever - Reach Out and Touch, Forever - Chain Reaction, Forever - The Best Years of my Life.

And when I say one CD, I mean a single image of the Diana Ross box set containing all 4 disks. Yeah, I have this now, but that's because the disk names are the same - "Forever"; wanted to do this while using different disk names as explained above and shown below.