05-03-2020, 12:12 PM
Hi Davy, I just saw in the latest version of UAPP that the "Group multidisc albums" feature has been brought back as an experiment. I'm a bit puzzled by how it works though, because what used to work before in the Alpha version no longer seems to apply.
For illustration purposes, suppose I have a 2-disc compilation album from Queen called The Greatest Hits. They reside in separate file folders as follows:
English\Queen\The Greatest Hits\Disc 1
English\Queen\The Greatest Hits\Disc 2
I have tagged the metadata in the ïndividual files as follows:
ARTIST: Queen
ALBUMARTIST: Queen
ALBUM: The Greatest Hits
DISCNUMBER: 1 (for files in Disc 1 folder) and 2 (for files in Disc 2 folder)
After turning on the feature and refreshing the database, the albums are still showing up as individual albums under the Album tab.
There's a note in the changelog that says: Album titles that end with ', Disc 1' etc. will be merged into one album. Does this mean whatever's in the tag DISCNUMBER is of no consequence to the sorting and grouping, and everything will be predicated on the ALBUM tag? Can I say the following will be the only case in which correct grouping is performed?
ARTIST: Queen
ALBUMARTIST: Queen
ALBUM: The Greatest Hits, Disc 1 (for files in Disc 1 folder) and The Greatest Hits, Disc 2 (for files in Disc 2 folder)
DISCNUMBER: <- this tag is irrelevant to grouping
I know I could have re-tagged a few of my albums to test and verify the theory myself, but annoyingly I don't currently have access to my PC and tagging program...
For illustration purposes, suppose I have a 2-disc compilation album from Queen called The Greatest Hits. They reside in separate file folders as follows:
English\Queen\The Greatest Hits\Disc 1
English\Queen\The Greatest Hits\Disc 2
I have tagged the metadata in the ïndividual files as follows:
ARTIST: Queen
ALBUMARTIST: Queen
ALBUM: The Greatest Hits
DISCNUMBER: 1 (for files in Disc 1 folder) and 2 (for files in Disc 2 folder)
After turning on the feature and refreshing the database, the albums are still showing up as individual albums under the Album tab.
There's a note in the changelog that says: Album titles that end with ', Disc 1' etc. will be merged into one album. Does this mean whatever's in the tag DISCNUMBER is of no consequence to the sorting and grouping, and everything will be predicated on the ALBUM tag? Can I say the following will be the only case in which correct grouping is performed?
ARTIST: Queen
ALBUMARTIST: Queen
ALBUM: The Greatest Hits, Disc 1 (for files in Disc 1 folder) and The Greatest Hits, Disc 2 (for files in Disc 2 folder)
DISCNUMBER: <- this tag is irrelevant to grouping
I know I could have re-tagged a few of my albums to test and verify the theory myself, but annoyingly I don't currently have access to my PC and tagging program...