Re: [Banshee-List] What is the album-artist issue?

[zekopeko <zekopeko gmail com>]

Why not simply always assume that if there are multiple artists in the
same album, then it is a compilation album. Wouldn't that be less work
for the users?

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Michael Martin-Smucker
<mlmartin13 gmail com> wrote:
> [Banshee-list just sent me an email letting me know that my message was too
> big and needed moderator approval.  Since I have no idea when that will
> happen, here's the message again without the attachment.  You can find the
> screenshot here: http://martinsmucker.com/files/banshee-compilation.jpg ;]
>
> I think this is the issue you're talking about.  Basically, compilation
> albums aren't grouped together in  Banshee's album browser unless the user
> ticks the "Compilation Album Artist" checkbox in the track editor.  This has
> always been the case, but the issue is a much more frequent complaint now
> that Banshee shows cover art in a grid by default.
> When people complain about this, it would probably be good to point them to
> Banshee's user guide (at the bottom) [1], which explains how compilations
> work in Banshee, as well as the relevant bug report about making this more
> intuitive/automatic.[2]
> [1] http://banshee.fm/support/guide/track-list/
> [2] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=624311
>
> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Michael Martin-Smucker
> <mlmartin13 gmail com> wrote:
>>
>> I think this is the issue you're talking about.  Basically, compilation
>> albums aren't grouped together in  Banshee's album browser unless the user
>> ticks the "Compilation Album Artist" checkbox in the track editor.  This has
>> always been the case, but the issue is a much more frequent complaint now
>> that Banshee shows cover art in a grid by default.
>> When people complain about this, it would probably be good to point them
>> to Banshee's user guide (at the bottom) [1], which explains how compilations
>> work in Banshee, as well as the relevant bug report about making this more
>> intuitive/automatic.[2]
>> [1] http://banshee.fm/support/guide/track-list/
>> [2] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=624311
>> Michael
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 4:12 PM, zekopeko <zekopeko gmail com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I keep hearing about this but I don't have any compilation albums. Can
>>> somebody provide a couple of screenshot and a short explanation?
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