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<blockquote data-quote="SteveV" data-source="post: 63818" data-attributes="member: 15481">Albums are added to the database using one of 2 methods:Album NameAlbum PathAdding by album name creates problems with albums that have the same name (&quot;Best of&quot;, Greatest hits&quot;, etc).&nbsp; If, for example, you have 4 albums titled &quot;Greatest hits&quot; from ArtistA, ArtistX, ArtistY, and ArtistZ all of the tracks are lumped into one album called &quot;Greatest hits&quot; Adding by album path (which is what happens when you select the &quot;Treat tracks in individual folders as an album&quot; option) solves this particular issue by using the folder path to determine what constitutes an album.&nbsp; This is much more accurate but fails miserably if your music collection isn't organized in Artist--&gt;Album--&gt;Tracks fashion.The bottom line is that this is a problem that seems like it should be easy to fix but each fix has many (sometimes not so obvious) implications.&nbsp; A few users have suggested using the &quot;Album Artist&quot; tag present on some formats such as WMA.&nbsp; As you might guess, this impacts those who don't use formats that support this tag (myself included). I'm more than happy to listen to suggestions on ways to improve this.&nbsp; Steve</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SteveV, post: 63818, member: 15481"] Albums are added to the database using one of 2 methods: Album Name Album Path Adding by album name creates problems with albums that have the same name ("Best of", Greatest hits", etc). If, for example, you have 4 albums titled "Greatest hits" from ArtistA, ArtistX, ArtistY, and ArtistZ all of the tracks are lumped into one album called "Greatest hits" Adding by album path (which is what happens when you select the "Treat tracks in individual folders as an album" option) solves this particular issue by using the folder path to determine what constitutes an album. This is much more accurate but fails miserably if your music collection isn't organized in Artist-->Album-->Tracks fashion. The bottom line is that this is a problem that seems like it should be easy to fix but each fix has many (sometimes not so obvious) implications. A few users have suggested using the "Album Artist" tag present on some formats such as WMA. As you might guess, this impacts those who don't use formats that support this tag (myself included). I'm more than happy to listen to suggestions on ways to improve this. Steve [/QUOTE]

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