Display compilation albums together

[taynaron]

Thanks for the great program! I am loving a lot about Moode, and will likely be posting here more in the coming weeks as I uncover questions.

My first question is: how do I show compilation albums without an Album Artist together as one album in Album view? For example, I would like for the album in the attached image to show as a single item.

Thanks!

[Nutul]

I believe you just need to have AlbumArtist set to "Various Artists" (without the quotes...)

[taynaron]

I don't suppose there's a way to respect the "compilation" or "itunescompilation" tags? Ideally I'd reserve the AlbumArtist tag for actual artists. All heck will break out if some band calls themselves "Various Artists"

[TheOldPresbyope]

I don't suppose there's a way to respect the "compilation" or "itunescompilation" tags? Ideally I'd reserve the AlbumArtist tag for actual artists. All heck will break out if some band calls themselves "Various Artists"

We're limited to the tag fields recognized by MPD: https://mpd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/protocol.html#tags

Regards,
Kent

[taynaron]

alright, thanks!

[the_bertrum]

The AlbumArtist tag can be anything you want, the key thing is that it is the same for all tracks on an album. I have some where AlbumArtist = Various, others where AlbumArtist = Polyvinyl in the case of a sampler compilation from Polyvinyl Records, and many other variations beyond that. In your example you have found all the track by applying the filter "Black Lotus", perhaps that's a good candidate for the AlbumArtist tag in this case.