(09-11-2020, 12:13 PM)Tim Curtis Wrote: 1. Im not able to repro "the track list in tag view doesn't show tracks from albums with Album Artist set to the compilation identifier."
For example I set Album Artist tag to "Various Artists" for all my compilation albums. When I click "Various Artists" in the the artist list all the compilation albums are listed in the Albums list and all the tracks from all the compilation albums are listed in the tracks section.
2. "Additionally those artists who are only on compilation albums don't show up in the artist list at all in Tag view."
This is because Album Artist is preferred over Artist when filtering tracks by artist. This is what enables compilation albums to be handled correctly under "Various Artists"
I don't think I explained the problem well.
Yes, clicking Various Artists shows all the compilation albums and tracks regardless of artist. That's not the issue I'm reporting and I think the issue was described before me as well earler in the thread.
Let me take artist Lana Del Rey. I have two songs by her, one where she is Artist and Album Artist, and one where she is Artist, but Album Artist is "Various Artists". I go to tag view and select "Lana Del Rey" in the artist column. The results are that it only finds the Album and Track where she is tagged both Album Artist and Artist. The other song is completely missing. The album doesn't show up in the right column, the track isn't listed at the bottom, and stats says there is only one album and track by this artist.
I would expect Selecting "Lana Del Rey" to show both albums and both tracks. And for it to say there are two tracks by her.
Also, say I have an artist that is only on a compilation, shouldn't that artist show up in the artist column? And the compilation albums they're on show up to the right and the tracks at the track list when I select that artist.
From @the_bertrum :
From this I conclude that:
The "Artist list" is a list of all AlbumArtist tags plus any Artist if AlbumArtist is blank.
This is the artists only one compilation albums not showing up as artists in the list.
The "Album list" is populated with a list of all albums where AlbumArtist = selected Artist from the artist list.
The "Track list" is populated with all tracks where Artist = selected Artist from the artist list unless AlbumArtist=compilation identifier and is hidden unless either only one Album exists in the Album list, or an Album is selected in the Album list when it contains only the tracks on the selected album.
This is the missing songs. You exclude them if AlbumArtist=compilation indentifier even though the song is by the artist selected.
These both are odd to me and different from how most music managers I've used work.
