Comment 0 for bug 135618

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reacocard (reacocard) wrote :

This is a transfer of #106 from the old trac: http://64.251.22.233/trac/ticket/106

Compilation albums should be sorted into a 'Various Artists' category in the treeview.

Proposed solution:

1) provide a way to mark albums as a compilation (this could be done at import as well with the built-in cd ripper, and perhaps at scan if the folder structure is right)

2) when marked, create a TPE2 or AlbumArtist tag (or equivalent) set to 'Various Artists'

3) If this new tag is present, use that to sort by album and then if the artists are different place it into the 'Various Artists' category.

using TPE2/AlbumArtist also has the advantage that it is compatible with a number of existing players such as Amarok, iTunes, and WMP