Bugzilla – Bug 2392
Multiple composers with one matching the Artist causes track/album to be categorized as "Various Artists"
Last modified: 2008-09-15 14:38:10 UTC
With 6.2.0 (svn 4753), I'm still seeing a problem with the tracks improperly being catergorized as "Various Artists". I've stopped using iTunes and the problem still exists. I've narrowed it down to the case where a track contains the artists name in the Composer field ALONG with any other composer name. If leave the "Multiple Items In Tags" blank so the names dont get parsed out individually, the problems goes away and the artist remains the original artist. If composers get parsed out individually and a composer name matches the artist name, then the track is marked as Various Artist and the whole album gets throw into that category. Edit/Delete Message
Please attach one of the problem tracks to this bug. Thanks!
Created attachment 948 [details] tune.mp3
Jeremey - can you please test with the 10-28-2005 6.2.1 nightly and let me know if you still see this problem? You'll need to wipe & rescan. Thanks.
Dan - I just tried the 10-30 nightly (6.2.1 - 4941). After changing the "Multiple Items In Tags" back to ";/", clearing and rescanning, the individual composers weren't separated out in the composer field. The composers were just listed as one person (ie. "John Smith/Jack Jones"), therefore I didn't see the original problem since it requires the artists name in the Composer field along with any other composer name. Also, not sure if its related, but grouping discs is broken again for me.
Jeremey - you need a space between the ; and / in your split list.
Dan - I put the space in and the original problem still occured. What else do you need from me?
Can you attach a copy of your slimserversql.db file? Thanks.
Created attachment 990 [details] slimserversql.db
Did you wipe & rescan your library after adding the space in your preferences?
Dan - Yes, I did wipe and rescan. The composers were then parsed out separately which is why I think the original problem occured (there was a composer matching the artist)
This has been fixed in the latest 6.2.2 nightly. I'm not able to reproduce the bug given the parameters below with your test file.