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MrC:
Ok, here's the problem (see red text in attached image).

A couple of tracks are not in adherence to these rules (mentioned above):

  - Album is exactly the same
  - Media files reside in the same directory

The easiest way to correct these is to use Action Window > Tag.  By selecting all of the tracks for a given (problematic) album, you can examine fields such as Album, Filename (path), etc. to see if they are exactly the same. If not, MC will show [Varies], whereby you can correct them by twice clicking the [Varies] value to edit (exception: filename and path information can't be changed here - use the Library Tools > Rename, Move & Copy tool).

JimH:

--- Quote from: django1 on October 11, 2012, 12:00:32 pm ---Oh, thanks for your time.  And there I thought I was getting to criticize directly to the president of JRiver... ;D

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Your turn will come.

django1:
 ;D

--- Quote from: JimH on October 11, 2012, 01:18:44 pm ---Your turn will come.

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django1:

--- Quote from: MrC on October 11, 2012, 12:57:47 pm ---Ok, here's the problem (see red text in attached image).

A couple of tracks are not in adherence to these rules (mentioned above):

  - Album is exactly the same
  - Media files reside in the same directory

The easiest way to correct these is to use Action Window > Tag.  By selecting all of the tracks for a given (problematic) album, you can examine fields such as Album, Filename (path), etc. to see if they are exactly the same. If not, MC will show [Varies], whereby you can correct them by twice clicking the [Varies] value to edit (exception: filename and path information can't be changed here - use the Library Tools > Rename, Move & Copy tool).

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Thanks for your time MrC, I do appreciated it . 

I am sorry to hear that that is the easiest way because I wasn't able to do it successfully.  In the end, just before smashing my computer, I deleted the files and re loaded the cd and corrected before ripping.  That was challenging enough.  I haven't managed to fix the Ravel file which is a download.  I can't see any "Varies" for it

I am sure that there are good reason for this to be so complicated although I couldn't name one.  But I would love to see stuff like this simplified Ipad like.  Why wouldn't files that start ripping automatically off of a cd not all end up in the same "album" on my computer?  Lacking that why not a simple "cut and paste" option for the simple such as myself?  People who don't care to take the time to learn all the vocabulary  and functions...

MrC:
I gave a way that was easiest to explain; giving step-by-step instructions walking someone through a user interface is sometimes tedious and difficult.  There are many ways to update the tags.  You can do it directly in the file list, or the panes view if you want.

The Ravel album has the same problem - the Album name differs for all three tracks:

   1st movement Allegramente
   2nd movement Adagio assa
   3rd movement Presto

Why would you expect these three tracks to appear under a single album, when all three tracks have different Album names?

If you tell MC to rip an album, and give different Album names for various tracks, it will dutifully conform to your directions.  GIGO.

The grouping you see is MC's default grouping in its default views.  If you'd prefer to group some other way, so that you don't have to worry about tags such as Album, etc., you can setup a view to work this way.  For example, you might want to see albums based upon their location in the file system.

I'm not sure what you're asking about re: the simple "cut and paste".  MC does cut and paste just fine, and has much more functionality than any of us discover in years of usage.

Its best if you describe exactly what you want to accomplish, and then folks here can help you achieve that most efficiently.  This will prevent many a smashed computer.

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