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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 20 for Windows => Topic started by: eljr on October 05, 2015, 07:54:31 am
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How do I combine a double album into one?
Does not appear to be a simple drag and drop.
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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
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I think you also have to sequentially number the tracks (Track No), and set the same the Disk N of M tags too.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.