Re: [Banshee-List] Handling various artist albums

["Patryk Zawadzki" <patrys pld-linux org>]

On Jan 28, 2008 2:49 PM, Josiah Ritchie <josiah ritchietribe net> wrote:
> > The way it works in other players (including iTunes) is to add an
> > albumartist tag set to something like "Various Artists." Does Banshee
> > handle that?
> It is really annoying to me when I see a song and thing "Oh, who did
> that?" and look only to find "Various Artists". Is there some way we
> can group an album together irrespective of artist and not have to
> deal with the blight that is "Various Artists". I never understood why
> anyone thought that to be the slightest bit useful. I've been using
> iTunes a bit lately and this is one of the many gripes I have with it.
> Anyone planning a Mac port?

You seem to confuse "artist" and "albumartist" tags. The latter's sole
purpose is for grouping albums while preserving proper song artists.

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Patryk Zawadzki
PLD Linux Distribution