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[brossmac]

So I'm curious as to how the (Multiple Artists) classification gets applied.

I primarily use the library view and I have several compilations that are classified as MA and then others where the individual artists come up in the Artists view.

How do I make this consistent...?

[EpF]

Files by different artist on the same album won't get read as multiple-artist albums unless they are in the same folder on the drive...

[Alex B]

From MC11 Help:

Album Artist (auto)
This is a built-in automatic field.  It auto-completes as follows:

- If something is manually typed in the Album Artist field, that content is included in the Album Artist (auto) field as well.

- If the Album Artist field is empty, then the Album Artist (auto) field gets completed as follows:

- Single-artist name in the case of a single-artist album.

- (Multiple Artists) in the case of a multiple-artist album*.

* In order for (Multiple Artists) to appear automatically, the album must be in its own exclusive directory (i.e., if there are files from more than one album in a directory, the program will not label it as Multiple Artist).

Here is the logic. A track is a mix if all the files with the same [Album] value in the same directory:

- have more than one [Artist] value among them

- have no other [Album] values used by any other file in the same directory

- are Audio and have a non-empty [Album] value

Because I have no use for an album artist named "Multiple Artists" I fill the Album Artist tag with a more descriptive name when I add multiple artists albums to my library. It is much more useful in searches etc.