Bug 2393 – Single artist albums appear under Various Artists

Bug 2393 - Single artist albums appear under Various Artists

Summary:

Single artist albums appear under Various Artists

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Logitech Media Server
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Database
Version:	6.2.1
Platform:	PC Windows XP

Importance:	P2 normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Dan Sully

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Reported:	2005-10-27 09:56 UTC by Steven Kramer
Modified:	2008-09-15 14:37 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Steven Kramer 2005-10-27 09:56:13 UTC

I have a large number of single artist albums that are appearing under Various
Artists. The underlying cause seems to be in how slimserver interprets the
"Compilation" tag if it exists. On files where there is a compilation tag set to
"No" slimserver assigns "Compilation: Yes" to the tracks in the library. I will
attach a sample file.

(By the way, I believe this was a tag created by iTunes, but am not sure since I
switched to flac and converted all my Apple Loseless files to flac.)

Comment 1 Dan Sully 2005-10-27 10:14:27 UTC

Steven - can you please upload one of the tracks that has this flag?

Thanks.

Comment 2 Steven Kramer 2005-10-27 10:30:43 UTC

Ooops. Sorry, I tried to attach a sample file, but all these files are flacs and
are therefore too big. I suppose I can convert them to mp3, but I don't know if
the relevant tags will come. Or if you want, I can try to send one to you directly.

Comment 3 Dan Sully 2005-10-27 10:31:29 UTC

Please upload it to ftp://electricrain.com/incoming/

Thanks.

Comment 4 Steven Kramer 2005-10-27 11:11:38 UTC

Dan - Two tracks from an album are on their way. Sorry for the delay, I had
network problems in the middle of my last attempt to send. Thanks for the help.

Comment 5 Dan Sully 2005-10-27 12:34:34 UTC

Thanks. Fixed in change 4876

Will be in tonight's nightly build.

Comment 6 Jim McAtee 2005-10-27 13:31:15 UTC

What are valid (as recognized by SS) true and false values for the freeform 
COMPILATION tag?  Is it anything that could be interpreted as boolean?  
Yes/True/1 and No/False/0, or is it something more restrictive?

Comment 7 Steven Kramer 2005-10-27 14:28:47 UTC

Thanks Dan! I really appreciate and am impressed by the quick response.
-Steve

Comment 8 Dan Sully 2005-10-27 14:57:30 UTC

Right now it's Yes/1 and No/0 - case insensitive.

Comment 9 Steven Kramer 2005-10-28 09:23:51 UTC

Dan - Finally downloaded the 10/28 nightly and had my lbrary rescanned.
Everything looks fine (except of course so albums that I had mis-tagged - if
only you could find a solution for that!). Thanks again!