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Friday, April 06 2012, 02:10 PM
Michael Byrne
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Please See http://www.cdmasterworks.co.uk/musicrealm/index.php?option=com_muscol&view=artists&letter=V

I have scanned my first compilation and now have 7 of the same album.

I changed all the artists to Various Artists manually but the album does not group the album into one.

Please advise what i have done wrong

If this is normal behaviour then i believe this is a serious flaw.

Kind regards
GOD
Michael :woohoo:
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    Germinal Camps
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    Friday, April 06 2012, 02:51 PM - #Permalink
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    hello Michael,

    the correct way to scan a compilation is to use the "create album using this files" button, instead of the "process ID3 tags". this way you will enter the artist and the album name, and all songs will go in that album, instead of creating a new album for each song!
    do you know what I mean?
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    Michael Byrne
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    Friday, April 06 2012, 03:23 PM - #Permalink
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    Hi Germi

    Hi That worked fine apart from the song artist shows as Various Artist

    How do I fix this. Must this be done manually, If So Not Good!

    Kind Regards
    Gates
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    Germinal Camps
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    Friday, April 06 2012, 05:01 PM - #Permalink
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    what you mean? you want each song to a different artist but actually linked to a "various artist" album?
    in this case, you will have to do it manually this time I'm afraid, yes.

    but I can see your point. we'll work to add this into ID3 tag importing

    thank you!
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    Michael Byrne
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    Friday, April 06 2012, 06:20 PM - #Permalink
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    Oh Dear that is not good for compilations. It makes it pretty unuseable for large collections having to do it manually.

    Most programs use Album Artist Field or a compilation checkbox like iTunes.

    Maybe that kind of functionality could be used in the ID3 tag importing.

    Kind regards
    Gates
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    Germinal Camps
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    Friday, April 06 2012, 10:57 PM - #Permalink
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    yes, definitely.

    we'll look into that and work to improve it!

    thanks for the advise! :)
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    greengeek
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    Saturday, April 07 2012, 03:59 AM - #Permalink
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    That is one of my biggest concerns as well. I mentioned it along with a few other issues in this topic in the last 3 posts, but never saw any acknowledgement about this issue.

    http://www.joomlamusicsolutions.com/en/forum/general/beta-testing-for-id3-tag-reading-6.html#15130
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    Germinal Camps
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    Saturday, April 07 2012, 10:05 AM - #Permalink
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    damn. yes you're right.

    I'm already working on this.
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