Bugzilla – Bug 2418
Various Artists category empty on SB2/SB1
Last modified: 2008-09-15 14:37:04 UTC
When browsing by artist to Various Artists using the remote, the category is shown as "empty". Each album and its files are stored in separate subfolders under the Various Artists folder as follows: C:\My Music\Various Artists\AlbumTitle\Songs The files are tagged as follows: Artist=Various Artists Album=Album Name, i.e., AM Gold 1964 I am NOT using any other tag fields to refer to the artist such as "Album Artist", etc. This occurs with all "Compilation" choices under Server Settings. The web interface displays all of the Various Artists albums correctly under Various Artists. The albums may be found by browsing Album Title with the remote.
This probably should have gone to dan... please supply the version of the server. 6.2.0 or 6.2.1 latest build?
Can you please attach a zipped copy of your slimserversql.db file to this bug? Thanks.
Created attachment 970 [details] Slimserversql.db Data base file attached.
Downloaded SS 6.2.1 (Oct. 31 nightly). Removed a shortcut to Musicmatch in my music folder which I did not know was there. Rescanned (wiped cache) my music folder and the SS web UI shows 45 albums with 837 songs by 1 artist under Various Artists (which is correct). The player UI still shows "Empty" when browsing albums under Various Artists.
Ok - could you upload that .db file instead then? Thanks.
Created attachment 971 [details] .db file (scanned from 6.2.1 Oct. 31 nightly) Dan, here is the file--hope it helps.
Jeff - I've checked in a fix as subversion change 5017. It will be in the 11-04-2005 nightly. You'll need to rescan.
No problems after installing the 11-04-2005 nightly. Thanks for the fix Dan.
Maybe I spoke too soon. When browsing by artist I note that the category "Various Artists" now appears right under All Albums in the web UI and the Player UI, i.e., the category no longer appears under the letter "V" in either interface. It also appears at the top (under All Albums) of each page when Browsing Artists by letter on each page of the web UI. Is this by design? If so, I guess I can accommodate this.
Yes - by design. Our UI guru decided it was best to have the meta-type links at the top of the list. For some people, "Various Artists" is completely virtual and not in any of their tags.
Ok Dan that makes sense to me. Thanks again for the fix.
This bug has returned after installation of SS 6.21 final. Browsing the Player UI under Various Artists shows the category as "Empty".
After changing "Various Artists" to something else under Server settings / Behavior / Compilations all albums now appear in both the player and web interface. As far as I am concerned this is no longer an issue.
Ok - thanks for the update, Jeff. Please reopen if you need to.