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Suggestions / Handling of Various Artists releases
September 02, 2012, 08:47:24
I recently switched to gmusicbrowser and I think it's really great. However, there is one thing that my previous music player (Amarok) handled in what seemed to me a more satisfying way: Various Artist releases.

Amarok recognises multiple artist releases (e.g. compilations, mixes, etc.) with reference only to the "artist" and "album" fields in the tag. If tracks have matching "album" fields in the tag but the "artist" fields are non-identical it recognises it as a Various Artists release, and thus filters the tracks out of the main alphabetical list, instead grouping them together at the top of the Artist panel under the heading "Various Artists".

The above method has always struck me as elegant since it neither requires users to add a special "Part of a compilation" tag, nor to utilise some workaround such as entering "Various Artists" in the "album artist" field.

Is there any chance you'd consider implementing this method of V/A handling?