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Compilation albums - how to group the tracks into one album?
blgentry:
--- Quote from: Mr Swordfish on June 27, 2023, 02:27:51 pm ---For the "bad" compilations, all the tracks are in the same folder, all the values for "Album" are identical, the "Album Artist" field is empty, but the Album Artist (auto) field is populated by the artist, not the default (Multiple Artists).
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I think you are saying that the [Artist] field, in these albums, has the name of the artist for each individual track. That's what I would expect with compilation albums. If they do not have an [Album Artist] field defined, then they will be considered individual albums.
The fix is easy: Highlight all the tracks in a compilation album. Open the tagging window (Alt-Enter). Now type in a value for the [Album Artist] field. The string "(Multiple Artists)" (without the quotes) is a decent standard to use. In some cases there will be a different choice. Like DJ compilation albums will normally have the DJ name as the [Album Artist] and the original artists for the [Artist] field.
The Tag Editor can operate on one or more than one song at a time. You can edit whole albums, or whole artists (many albums) at once if you like. I occasionally change an artist name from something like "The Rolling Stones" to "Rolling Stones". It's all one simple operation with the Tag Editor.
Hopefully this gets you started in the right direction.
Brian.
Mr Swordfish:
Thanks. This worked. It doesn't explain the previous behavior, but it seems to solve the problem so I'll move on.
I didn't know about the alt+enter method of bringing up the tagging window. Thanks for that too.
At this point I've seen enough to buy the license and leave iTunes behind.
blgentry:
--- Quote from: Mr Swordfish on June 27, 2023, 03:57:45 pm ---Thanks. This worked. It doesn't explain the previous behavior, but it seems to solve the problem so I'll move on.
I didn't know about the alt+enter method of bringing up the tagging window. Thanks for that too.
At this point I've seen enough to buy the license and leave iTunes behind.
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I'm glad to hear you're enjoying MC and solved this particular problem.
If you have any lingering questions about managing compilations, please ask.
When I bought MC I didn't realize it was going to change the way I manage media. I thought it was a good media player. It IS a good media player. But it's a real incredible media manager. I have become my own digital librarian. I have more control and understanding of my digital media collection than ever before. Learning about topics like Compilation management really helped.
Best of luck with your collection.
Brian.
Mr Swordfish:
--- Quote from: blgentry on June 27, 2023, 02:57:44 pm --- I occasionally change an artist name from something like "The Rolling Stones" to "Rolling Stones". It's all one simple operation with the Tag Editor.
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Under Tools -> Options -> Tree & View -> Sorting
There's an option to "Ignore articles when sorting" along with an editable field to say what articles you'd like to ignore. The default is:
a;an;the;ein;eine;das;der;die;el;il;la;las;le;les;los;un;une;de l';de la;des;du;l';la;le;les;un;une
It seemed odd to look for the Rolling Stones under T, along with another 87 bands. This fixes that with one click.
Of course, A Tribe Called Quest is now sorted with the T's and De La Soul is under S, so I think I need to edit the article list. At least Los Lobos is still under L. (c:
Lots of cool features in Music Center once you find them.
JimH:
--- Quote from: Mr Swordfish on June 28, 2023, 12:15:18 pm ---Lots of cool features in Music Center once you find them.
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Thanks. It's Media Center.
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