Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] RhythmBox Suggestion

[Peter <rhythmbox-devel maubp freeserve co uk>]

On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Emmet O'Grady <emmet789 gmail com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> A small suggestion for RhythmBox: a group compilation option.
>
> I have a lot of compilation CD's in my music collection and this results
> in the artist column filling up with all the artists who only have one
> song (they are in compilation albums). If there were an option to set an
> album to a "compilation" state, then maybe an option in preferences to
> hide "compilation artists" in the artist column. This would mean a much
> cleaner artist column and make the collection a lot handier to manage.
>
> (I have 2920 artists, most of which are compilation artists! It'd make
> life a lot easier for me!)
>
> Regards,
>
> Emmet

Unsurprisingly this has been requested before many times, and there is
an open enhancement request on the bug tracker for it:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=318579

There is even a patch if you want to try testing it...

Peter