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Title: Tracks on the same album appearing as if they were from different albums
Post by: boadle on September 14, 2010, 06:39:30 am
Hi guys,

I'm a returning customer (sick of iTunes lag of flexibility), and am having a slight issue with the presentation of albums.

As you can see from the attached screenshot, certain tracks from the same album are being separated, as if they were part of a different album. There is no reason this should be the case (same file location and tags). The problem seems to be carried over when the library is imported (via iTunes) to my iPod. Any idea why this is happening, and how to resolve?

(http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/7209/mc1q.jpg)

Many thanks!

Lewis
Title: Re: Tracks on the same album appearing as if they were from different albums
Post by: Vincent Kars on September 14, 2010, 06:57:08 am
MC thinks songs belong to the same album if they have the same album title and
album artist.
Add Album Artist column to the pane and check
Title: Re: Tracks on the same album appearing as if they were from different albums
Post by: boadle on September 14, 2010, 07:05:40 am
Aha! Problem fixed!

Thank you Vincent!

I've never really understood the use for Album Artist and Artist? I use Various Artists for compilation albums, and embed the track artist in the track title.

Thanks again!
Title: Re: Tracks on the same album appearing as if they were from different albums
Post by: Vincent Kars on September 14, 2010, 07:16:23 am
That is indeed how to use the Artist (often called Contributing Artist)

Album Artist=Various (for each track in the album)
Artist= xxxx where xxx varies per track
Title: Re: Tracks on the same album appearing as if they were from different albums
Post by: boadle on September 14, 2010, 07:17:28 am
Gotcha. Thanks.
Title: Re: Tracks on the same album appearing as if they were from different albums
Post by: Alex B on September 14, 2010, 07:21:28 am
Quote from: boadle on September 14, 2010, 07:05:40 am
I've never really understood the use for Album Artist and Artist? I use Various Artists for compilation albums, and embed the track artist in the track title.

The second link in my "Notable Threads" thread might help:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=59513

Quote from: Vincent Kars on September 14, 2010, 07:16:23 am
That is indeed how to use the Artist (often called Contributing Artist)

Album Artist=Various (for each track in the album)
Artist= xxxx where xxx varies per track

MC has also a clever automatic album artist system that can work even if the Album Artist field is empty. See the above link.