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Title: How to stack files with same Album but diff Artist ?
Post by: Newpot on October 30, 2010, 12:14:48 pm

Hi all,
    How to stack files with same Album but different Artist under single Album Art.

Problem: I have mp3 files in a folder having same Album name and Folder.jpg, but different Artists. When i view the Album with List Style: Thumbnails, the files does not stack properly under one Album Art instead each file shows up with the same Album Art repeatedly.

Need: I wish all files in a folder to get stacked under a single Album Art.

please solve this issue. Thank you in advance :)

Title: Re: How to stack files with same Album but diff Artist ?
Post by: Alex B on October 30, 2010, 12:52:28 pm

Hi and welcome to the forum!

You can try the following:

1. Select all files in that album (you can drag and drop them to Playing Now if that makes this easier).
2. Add the fields Album Artist and Album Artist (auto) to Action Window > Tag  (if they are not there already)
3. If the Album Artist field shows a value (perhaps "varies"), delete the value. The Album Artist (auto) should now automatically get the value (Multiple Artists) and in default views the album should now show up under (Multiple Artists).

If you want to use a certain album artist name you can write it to Album Artist and it will override the automatic (Multiple Artists) value as long as all album tracks have the same album artist.

More Info - the second link here: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=59513.msg402038#msg402038