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<blockquote data-quote="mp.user" data-source="post: 797961" data-attributes="member: 115064"><p><strong>MediaPortal Version</strong>: 1.2.1.0</p><p><strong>MediaPortal Skin</strong>: PureVisionHD 4.9</p><p></p><p>Dear community,</p><p></p><p>I have two problems concerning the <em>Album Artist</em> field, and I guess this is because Media Portal expects a certain usage of that field.</p><p></p><p>First of all, let me explain how my collection is organized. It mainly consists of FLAC and MP3 file and contains a lot of DJ mixes. A DJ mix is an album with the following properties:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There are no gaps between tracks.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least one DJ is the main artist of the mix, i.e. he is associated with a number of tracks.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A single mix can be made by more than one DJ, for example: tracks 1 to 10 are mixed by DJ A, and tracks 11 to 20 by DJ B, and there's no gap between any of the 20 tracks.</li> </ul><p>All my files are tagged properly. The <em>Album Artist</em> field is set as follows:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">On albums: main artist of the album</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">On samplers: field is not set, because an album artist does not exist on a sampler</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">On DJ mixes: The DJ who mixed the current track</li> </ol><p>That means I have albums with a single album artist, albums with no album artist and albums with multiple album artists.</p><p></p><p>In Media Portal, I've noticed the following:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If an album has no album artist, Media Portal uses the (track) artist as album artist. There's no <u>empty</u> album artist. In other words, a single sampler is shown as a lot of albums, each containing just a single track.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When I create a Music View with just an <em>Album</em> and no <em>Album Artist</em>, Media Portal nevertheless shows every album divided per album artist. In other words, A single DJ mix is shown as several separate albums, and I cannot listen to it from the beginning to the end wihout creating a playlist.</li> </ul><p>I want two avoid these 2 behaviours. Can someone plase tell me how I can achieve that? It would be great if this could be done just by configuration. If not, I guess I need something like</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">An option to allow an emtpy <em>Album Artist</em> field (grouping all albums without an album artist field)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">An option to allow multiple <em>Album Artists</em> per album</li> </ul><p>I don't want to use a dummy artist like "Various Artists" for samplers because I want my collection to be independent of any software, and in real life, a sampler just doesn't have an album artist. And I don't want to merge the album artist field of DJ mixes, because I lose the information which DJ created what part of the mix.</p><p></p><p>I've searched the Wiki and the forums for answers but didn't find anything. Any hint is greatly appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mp.user, post: 797961, member: 115064"] [b]MediaPortal Version[/b]: 1.2.1.0 [b]MediaPortal Skin[/b]: PureVisionHD 4.9 Dear community, I have two problems concerning the [I]Album Artist[/I] field, and I guess this is because Media Portal expects a certain usage of that field. First of all, let me explain how my collection is organized. It mainly consists of FLAC and MP3 file and contains a lot of DJ mixes. A DJ mix is an album with the following properties: [LIST] [*]There are no gaps between tracks. [*]At least one DJ is the main artist of the mix, i.e. he is associated with a number of tracks. [*]A single mix can be made by more than one DJ, for example: tracks 1 to 10 are mixed by DJ A, and tracks 11 to 20 by DJ B, and there's no gap between any of the 20 tracks. [/LIST] All my files are tagged properly. The [I]Album Artist[/I] field is set as follows: [LIST=1] [*]On albums: main artist of the album [*]On samplers: field is not set, because an album artist does not exist on a sampler [*]On DJ mixes: The DJ who mixed the current track [/LIST] That means I have albums with a single album artist, albums with no album artist and albums with multiple album artists. In Media Portal, I've noticed the following: [LIST] [*]If an album has no album artist, Media Portal uses the (track) artist as album artist. There's no [U]empty[/U] album artist. In other words, a single sampler is shown as a lot of albums, each containing just a single track. [*]When I create a Music View with just an [I]Album[/I] and no [I]Album Artist[/I], Media Portal nevertheless shows every album divided per album artist. In other words, A single DJ mix is shown as several separate albums, and I cannot listen to it from the beginning to the end wihout creating a playlist. [/LIST] I want two avoid these 2 behaviours. Can someone plase tell me how I can achieve that? It would be great if this could be done just by configuration. If not, I guess I need something like [LIST] [*]An option to allow an emtpy [I]Album Artist[/I] field (grouping all albums without an album artist field) [*]An option to allow multiple [I]Album Artists[/I] per album [/LIST] I don't want to use a dummy artist like "Various Artists" for samplers because I want my collection to be independent of any software, and in real life, a sampler just doesn't have an album artist. And I don't want to merge the album artist field of DJ mixes, because I lose the information which DJ created what part of the mix. I've searched the Wiki and the forums for answers but didn't find anything. Any hint is greatly appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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